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24. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–2259–000]

Take Notice that on March 25, 1997,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Rainbow Energy

Marketing Corporation.

Under the Service Agreement,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company agrees to provide services to

Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation

under Northern Indiana Public Service

Company’s Power Sales Tariff. Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation

request waiver of the Commission’s

sixty-day notice requirement to permit

an effective date of March 1, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER97–2260–000]

Take Notice that on March 25, 1997,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Sonat Power Marketing

L.P.

Under the Service Agreement,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company agrees to provide services to

Sonat Power Marketing L.P. under

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company’s Power Sales Tariff. Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

Sonat Power Marketing L.P. request

waiver of the Commission’s sixty-day

notice requirement to permit an

effective date of April 15, 1997.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Constellation Power Source, Inc.

[Docket No. ER97–2261–000]

Take notice that on March 25, 1997,

Constellation Power Source, Inc. (CPS),

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission an application for authority

to charge market-based rates and for

certain waivers and blanket approvals.

CPS has requested waiver of notice to

permit its proposed rate schedule to

become effective on March 26, 1997,

one day after the date of filing.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–2262–000]

Take notice that on March 25, 1997,

Boston Edison Company (Edison),

tendered for filing for information

purposes the 1995 true-up to actual for

the Substation 402 Agreement (FPC Rate

No. 149) between Edison and Cambridge

Electric Light Company (Cambridge).

This filing is made pursuant to the

terms of the 1987 Settlement Agreement

between Edison, Cambridge and the

Town of Belmont, Massachusetts in

Docket No. ER86–517–000.

Edison states that it has served the

filing on Cambridge, Belmont and the

Massachusetts Department of Public

Utilities.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Boston Edison Company

[Docket No. ER97–2263–000]

Take notice that on March 25, 1997,

Boston Edison Company (Boston

Edison) tendered for filing a Service

Agreement and Appendix A under

Original Volume No. 6, Power Sales and

Exchange Tariff (Tariff) for Morgan

Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (Morgan

Stanley). Boston Edison requests that

the Service Agreement become effective

as of March 1, 1997.

Edison states that it has served a copy

of this filing on Morgan Stanley and the

Massachusetts Department of Public

Utilities.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. Southern Indiana Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER97–2249–000]

Take notice that Southern Indiana Gas

and Electric Company (SIGECO) on

March 24, 1997, tendered for filing two

service agreements for non-firm

transmission service under Part II of its

Transmission Services Tariff with the

following entities:

1. WPS Energy Services

2. VTECH Energy, Inc.

3. Citizens Lehman Power Sales

Copies of the filing were served upon

each of the parties to the service

agreements.

Comment date: April 22, 1997, 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 this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9648 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5812–1]

Tier 2 (Phase 2) Study To Assess

Further Reduction in Light-Duty

Vehicle and Light-Duty Truck Tailpipe

Emission Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice

of public workshop.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of an EPA White Paper and

the scheduling of a public workshop

regarding Tier 2 exhaust emission

standards for motor vehicles.

DATES: The public workshop will be

held on April 23, 1997, from 9:30 a.m.

until 5:00 p.m. The White Paper has

been released and is currently available

to the public.

ADDRESSES: Materials relevant to this

notice have been placed in Docket No.

A–97–10. The docket is located at the

Air Docket Room, Room M–1500,

Waterside Mall, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, DC 20460, and may be

inspected weekdays between 8:00 a.m.

and 5:30 p.m. A reasonable fee may be

charged by EPA for copying docket

materials. Some materials are also

available on the Internet at the Tier 2

Study home page, at http://

www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/tr2home.htm.

The public workshop will be held at

the U.S. EPA Judiciary Square Office,

1st Floor Conference Room, 501 3rd

Street NW, Washington, DC.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Markey, Vehicle Programs and

Compliance Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions

Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann

Arbor, Michigan, 48105. Telephone:

(313) 668–4534. Fax: (313) 741–7869. Email: Markey.James@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean

Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990

added subsections 202(g) and 202(h) to

the Clean Air Act which required Phase

I (or Tier 1) emission standards for lightduty vehicles and light-duty trucks,

effective with a phase-in starting in

1994. The Amendments added

subsection 202(i), which requires a

Phase II Study (hereafter referred to as

the Tier 2 Study) to consider, ‘‘whether

or not further reductions in emissions

from light-duty vehicles and light-duty

trucks should be required pursuant to

this title.’’

The CAAA also outlined the critical

elements which EPA is to consider in

the course of the Tier 2 study:

• Air quality need. EPA ‘‘shall

examine the need for further reductions

in emissions in order to attain or

maintain the national ambient air

quality standards * * *’’

• Technology assessment. EPA is to

examine ‘‘the availability of technology

(including the costs thereof), in the case

of light-duty vehicles and light-duty

trucks with a loaded vehicle weight

(LVW) of 3,750 lbs. or less, for meeting

more stringent emission standards than

those provided in subsections (g) and

(h) for model years commencing not

earlier than after January 1, 2003, and

not later than model year 2006,

including the lead time and safety and

energy impacts of meeting more

stringent emission standards.’’

• Cost effectiveness assessment. EPA

is to examine ‘‘the need for, and cost

effectiveness of, obtaining further

reductions in emissions from such lightduty vehicles and light-duty trucks,

taking into consideration alternative

means of attaining or maintaining the

national primary ambient air quality

standards pursuant to State

implementation plans and other

requirements of this Act, including their

feasibility and cost effectiveness.’’

With this Notice, the Agency has at

this time completed and released a

White Paper designed to outline the

scope and timing of the Tier 2 Study

and present issues identified by EPA as

having potential importance to the Tier

2 Study. This paper also discusses the

approach the Agency intends to take in

conducting the air quality, technology,

and cost effectiveness assessments

required by the CAAA. This document

is available to the public and may be

inspected at the public docket, No. A–

97–10, at the address provided in

ADDRESSES, above. It is available

electronically on the Internet at the Tier

2 Study home page at http://

www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/tr2home.htm,

and copies may also be obtained by

contacting the contact person listed

above.

The Agency seeks to involve

stakeholders early in the process

through the public workshop. The

White Paper will serve as the basis for

the public workshop and EPA welcomes

comment, in writing or at the workshop,

on the specific issues raised in the

White Paper, as well as comments on

additional issues not captured by this

initial review. It is important to note

that EPA has not made any

determination regarding elements in the

Tier 2 Study, and EPA is particularly

interested in receiving feedback from all

parties as to the scope of the study.

Anyone wishing to make a

presentation at the public workshop (see

DATES) should, if possible, notify the

contact person listed above at least

seven days prior to the day of the

workshop. The contact person should be

given an estimate of the time required

for the presentation and notification of

any need for audio/visual equipment. A

sign-up sheet will be available at the

registration table the morning of the

workshop for scheduling those who

have not notified the contact earlier.

These presentations will be scheduled

on a first-come, first-served basis, and

will follow the presentations that have

been arranged in advance.

The Agency recommends that

multiple copies of the material to be

presented be brought to the workshop

for distribution to EPA and members of

the audience.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97–9691 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5811–5]

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee:

Accident Prevention Subcommittee

Meeting—May 9, 1997, 8:30–4:30 EDT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section

112(r) required EPA to publish

regulations to prevent accidental

releases of chemicals and to reduce the

severity of those releases that do occur.

These accidental release prevention

requirements build on the chemical

safety work begun by the Emergency

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA) which sets forth

requirements for industry, State and

local governments. On June 20, 1996,

EPA published the final rule for risk

management programs to address

prevention of accidental releases.

An estimated 66,000 facilities are

subject to this regulation based on the

quantity of regulated substances they

have on-site. Facilities that are subject

will be required to implement a risk

management program at their facility,

and submit a summary of this

information to a central location

specified by EPA. This information will

be helpful to State and local government

entities responsible for chemical

emergency preparedness and

prevention. It will also be useful to

environmental and community

organizations, and the public in

understanding the chemical risks in

their communities. In addition, we hope

the availability of this information will

stimulate a dialogue between industry

and the public to improve accident

prevention and emergency response

practices.

The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee was created in September

1996 to advise EPA’s Chemical

Emergency Preparedness and

Prevention Office (CEPPO) on these

chemical accident prevention issues,

specifically, section 112(r) of the Clean

Air Act.

DATES: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 USC App. 2, notice is

hereby given that the Accident

Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean

Air Act Advisory Committee will hold

a public meeting on May 9, 1997, from

8:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight

Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hall of States (Room 333) located at

444 North Capitol St., NW, Washington

D.C., near Union Station. Members of

the public are welcome to attend in

person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public desiring

additional information about these

meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official,

US EPA (5104), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington DC 20460, via the Internet

at: shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov.,