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10:00 p.m. Adjourn

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

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 Carlos Alvarado 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

as the first item on the meeting agenda.

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 Department of

Energy’s Environmental Information

and Reading Room at 175 Freedom

Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. on Monday through Friday, or by

writing to Carlos Alvarado, Department

of Energy Paducah Site Office, Post

Office Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah,

Kentucky 42001, or by calling him at

(502) 441–6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 20,

1998.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10939 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Kirtland Area

Office (Sandia)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board, Kirtland Area Office (Sandia).

DATE: Wednesday, May 20, 1998: 6

p.m.–9 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time).

ADDRESS: Loma Linda Community

Center, 1700 Yale SE, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Zamorski, Acting Manager,

Department of Energy Kirtland Area

Office, PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM

87185 (505) 845–4094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Board: The purpose of the Board is

to make recommendations to DOE and

its regulators in the areas of

environmental restoration, waste

management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

6:00 p.m. Call to Order/Roll Call

7:00 p.m. Public Comments

7:10 p.m. Approval of Agenda

7:12 p.m. Approval of 03/18/98 and 4/

15/98 Minutes

7:17 p.m. Chairperson’s Report

7:20 p.m. Sandia National Laboratory’s

Environmental Restoration/Waste

Management Presentation/

Discussion

7:45 p.m. Break

7:55 p.m. Sandia National Laboratory’s

Environmental Restoration/Waste

Management Issues Discussion

8:42 p.m. New/Other Business

8:52 p.m. Public Comments

8:58 p.m. Announcement of Next

Meeting

9:00 p.m. Adjourn

A final agenda will be available at the

meeting Wednesday, May 20, 1998.

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 Mike Zamorski’s 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 Officer 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.

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

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing to Mike Zamorski,

Department of Energy Kirtland Area

Office, PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM

87185, or by calling (505) 845–4094.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 20,

1998.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–10940 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

revision, and extension of the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

expiration date of the form RW–859,

‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Survey’’, and the

termination of RW–859S ‘‘Nuclear Fuel

Data Supplement’’.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted within 60 days of the

publication of this notice. If you

anticipate that you will be submitting

comments, but find it difficult to do so

within the period of time allowed by

this notice, you should advise the

contact listed below of your intention to

do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jim

Finucane, Office of Coal, Nuclear,

Electric and Alternate Fuels, EI–52,

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0650,

telephone: (202) 426–1960, e-mail:

jim.finucane@eia.doe.gov, and fax

(202)–426–1280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Jim Finucane at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–

275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–91), the

Energy Information Administration

(EIA) is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this
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program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

The EIA, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden required by section

3506(c)(2)(A)g of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

conducts a presurvey consultation

program to provide the general public

and other Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to prepare data requests

in the desired format, minimize

reporting burden, develop clearly

understandable reporting forms, and

assess the impact of collection

requirements on respondents. Also, EIA

will later seek approval by OMB for the

collections under sections 3507(g) and

(h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, title 44, U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

This data collection will provide the

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management of the Department of

Energy (DOE) with detailed information

concerning the spent nuclear fuel

generated by the respondents (all

generators of spent nuclear fuel within

the U.S. are respondents to this survey).

The DOE will take possession of this

spent fuel and needs this data to

properly design the spent fuel

repository (spent fuel receiving systems,

spent fuel handling systems, etc.) which

will be the final storage/disposal site for

all of the spent fuel and high level

radioactive waste materials.

II. Current Actions

The current proposed actions are: (1)

An extension of an existing data

collection, RW–859, with a change in

the frequency of its collection, and (2)

the termination of a second data

collection, RW–859S. A three-year

extension of the data collection, RW–

859, is proposed. The revisions of RW–

859 affect the frequency of the

collection. Instead of occurring every

year, the collection will occur every

three to five years. The RW–859S,

which was collected every five years,

will be terminated and four data items

from that form will be collected by RW–

859. Such data items include

information on each discharged

assembly, canistered materials,

uncanistered materials, and non-fuel

components. As before, all data will be

collected once; only changes in the

specific data element will require

updating. This revision will also permit

the data elements to be collected to be

streamlined. Specifically, all of the data

which is needed on an assembly

specific basis will be collected at one

time; thereafter referring this data by

reference to the assembly serial number.

In addition, the certification statement,

the crane data, the site data, the

transportation data, and the request for

data on fresh fuel in core will be

eliminated.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

General Issues

A. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency and does the information have

practical utility? Practical utility is

defined as the actual usefulness of

information to or for an agency, taking

into account its accuracy, adequacy,

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s

ability to process the information it

collects.

B. What enhancements can EIA make

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Can data be submitted by the due

date?

C. Public reporting burden for Form

RW–859 is estimated to average 40

hours per response. Burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide the information.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of the

collection of information, including the

use of information technology.

D. EIA estimates that respondents will

incur no additional costs for reporting

other than the hours required to

complete the collection. What is the

estimated: (1) Total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operation and maintenance, and

purchase of services associated with this

data collection?

E. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify the

agency, the data element(s), and the

methods of collection.

As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the levels of

detail indicated on the form?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. Are there alternate sources of data

and do you use them? If so, what are

their deficiencies and/or strengths?

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the form. They also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13) title 44, U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Issued in Washington, DC April 17, 1998.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10938 Filed 4–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–356–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company and Mojave Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

April 20, 1998.

Take notice that on April 16, 1998,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt

Lake City, Utah 84108, and Mojave

Pipeline Company (Mojave), P.O. Box

1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed a joint

prior notice request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP98–356–

000 pursuant to Section 157.205 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to construct and operate a delivery point

in Kern County, California, under Kern

River’s blanket certificates issued in

Docket Nos. CP89–2047–000 and CP89–

2048–000 and under Mojave’s blanket

certificates issued in Docket Nos. CP89–

1–000 and CP89–2–000 pursuant to

Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully

set forth in the request which is open to

the public for inspection.

Kern River and Mojave jointly

proposed to construct and operate a

delivery point on their jointly owned

‘‘Common Facilities’’ in Kern County to

provide natural gas deliveries to

MacPherson Oil Company

(MacPherson). The proposed delivery

point would consist of one 8-inch tap