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Massachusetts Electric Company,

Holyoke Water Power Company

(including Holyoke Power and Electric

Company) and Public Service Company

of New Hampshire, tendered for filing

pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal

Power Act and Section 35.13 of the

Commission’s Regulations, a rate

schedule change for sales of electric

energy to Sterling Municipal Light

Department.

NUSCO states that a copy of this filing

has been mailed to Sterling Municipal

Light Department and the Massachusetts

Department of Public Utilities.

NUSCO requests that the rate

schedule change become effective on

May 1, 1998.

Comment date: May 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–2724–000]

Take notice that on April 28, 1998,

Cinergy Services, Inc., on behalf of its

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company and PSI Energy,

Inc., tendered for filing a Power Supply

Agreement between Cinergy Services,

Inc., and the Town of Richlands,

Virginia (Customer). Said filing also

includes unbundled pricing information

related to said Power Supply

Agreement.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Town of Richlands, Virginia, the

Virginia State Corporation Commission,

the Blue Ridge Power Agency, the

Kentucky Public Service Commission,

the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: May 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–2725–000]

Take notice that on April 28, 1998,

Cinergy Services, Inc., on behalf of its

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company and PSI Energy,

Inc., tendered for filing a Power Supply

Agreement between Cinergy Services,

Inc., and the City of Danville, Virginia

(Customer). Said filing also includes

unbundled pricing information related

to said Power Supply Agreement.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the City of Danville, Virginia, the

Virginia State Corporation Commission,

the Blue Ridge Power Agency, the

Kentucky Public Service Commission,

the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: May 18, 1998, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

15. The Energy Spring, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–2772–000]

Take notice that on April 28, 1998,

The Energy Spring, Inc., submitted for

filing a notice of name change prepared

in accordance with the provisions of 18

CFR 35.16 and 131.51 notifying the

Commission that effective April 7, 1998,

The Energy Spring, Inc., has legally

changed its name to Atlanta Gas Light

Services, Inc. (AGLS). AGLS adopts,

ratifies and makes its own, in every

respect all applicable rate schedules,

and supplements thereto, listed below,

heretofore filed with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission by The Energy

Spring, Inc., effective April 28, 1998:

The Energy Spring, Inc.

Rate Schedule FERC No. 1

Atlanta Gas Light Services, Inc.’s

filing is available for public inspection

at its offices in Atlanta, Georgia.

Comment date: May 18, 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. 98–12228 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6011–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Verification of Test

Parameters and Parts Lists for LightDuty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) for renewal to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Verification of test parameters and parts

lists for light-duty vehicles and lightduty trucks, OMB Control Number

2060–0094, expiring 08/31/98. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Vehicle Programs &

Compliance Division (6405J), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

Interested persons may request a copy of

this ICR, without charge, by writing,

faxing, or phoning the contact person

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY:

Sonny Kakar, Office of Mobile Sources,

Vehicle Programs & Compliance

Division, (202) 564–9467, (202) 565–

2057 (fax), E-mail address:

kakar.sonny@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are manufacturers

of light-duty vehicles and light-duty

trucks.

Title: Verification of test parameters

and parts lists for light-duty vehicles

and light-duty trucks, OMB Control

Number 2060–0094, expiration date 08/

31/98. This is a request for an extension

of currently approved collections.

Abstract: The EPA tests in-use

vehicles in order to enforce compliance

with light-duty vehicle and light-duty

truck emission standards. The Federal

Test Procedure (FTP), which is used for

determining compliance, requires test

parameters and procedures that are

necessary to conduct a valid test.

Therefore, after EPA has selected these

parameters and procedures from

previously submitted manufacturer
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data, EPA gives the motor vehicle

manufacturer the opportunity to review

and verify that EPA has selected the

correct parameters and procedures for

vehicle emission testing. Providing part

numbers gives the manufacturer the

opportunity to help ensure that

defective or incorrect parts will be

replaced by those which the

manufacturer feels are necessary to

correctly evaluate the emissions

performance of the vehicles tested.

Though this information request is

voluntary, EPA uses the manufacturers’

input as part of the verification of our

work. If this information is not reviewed

and provided by the manufacturers,

EPA and the manufacturers may waste

resources on tests that were performed

improperly and the manufacturers may

not have as much opportunity to

participate in a compliance program

that has the potential to adversely affect

them.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

EPA would like to solicit comments

to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) evaluate 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;

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of the appropriate automated

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Burden Statement: The annual burden

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 150 hours and

$4950 for the manufacturers and 150

hours and $5400 for the government.

Approximately 75 requests may be

made annually with an average of 2

hours spent on each request by both

entities. The total costs are attributed to

labor hours and overhead since there is

no capital investment required for this

collection of information. Burden means

the total time, effort, or financial

resources expended by persons to

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

provide information to or for a Federal

agency. This includes the time needed

to review instructions; develop, acquire,

install, and utilize technology and

systems for the purposes of collecting,

validating, and verifying information,

processing and maintaining

information, and disclosing and

providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Richard Wilson,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air

and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 98–12304 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6011–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Industry

Screener Questionnaire: Phase I

Cooling Water Intake Structures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Industry Screener Questionnaire: Phase

I Cooling Water Intake Structures (EPA

ICR number 1828.01). The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

activities and its expected burden and

cost. In particular, the ICR describes the

collection methodology EPA will use to

distribute the data collection instrument

and includes a representative sample of

the data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY:

Contact Sandy Farmer by phone at (202)

260–2740, e-mail at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/ICR. In all requests, refer

to EPA ICR No. 1828.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Industry Screener

Questionnaire: Phase I Cooling Water

Intake Structures (EPA ICR No.

1828.01). This is a new collection.

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is currently

developing regulations under section

316(b) of the Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’),

33 U.S.C. Section 1326(b). Section

316(b) provides that any standard

established pursuant to sections 301 or

306 of the Clean Water Act and

applicable to a point source shall

require that the location, design,

construction, and capacity of cooling

water intake structures reflect the best

technology available for minimizing

adverse environmental impact. Section

316(b) is unique in that it applies to the

intake of water and not the discharge.

The intent is to minimize the

impingement and entrainment of fish

and other aquatic organisms as they are

drawn into an industrial facility’s

cooling water intake. As the result of a

lawsuit by a coalition of environmental

groups headed by the Hudson

Riverkeeper (Cronin, et al. v. Reilly, 93

Civ. 0314 (AGS)), the United States

District Court, Southern District of New

York entered a Consent Decree on

October 10, 1995. The Consent Decree

established a seven year schedule for

EPA to take final action with respect to

regulations addressing impacts from

cooling water intake structures.

The screener questionnaire contains

three types of questions. These

questions are either scoping, stratifying,

or characterizing in nature. EPA intends

to use data from the scoping questions

to determine who is potentially in scope

of Section 316(b). EPA intends to use

data from stratifying questions to

support the subsequent survey sample

frame development for the detailed

industry questionnaire. EPA intends to

use data from the characterizing

questions to assist EPA in structuring

the subsequent detailed questionnaire

and to support the Agency’s

development of Section 316(b)

regulations. The screener questionnaire

collects information on such topics as

cooling water use within industry

groups; cooling water intake structure

location, design configurations,

construction, and capacity; and types of

intake water sources. In addition, EPA

is requesting facility and firm level

economic data. This economic data will

enable EPA to consider cooling water

use across a broad variety of facility and

firm sizes. The subsequent detailed

questionnaire is structured to seek more

in-depth information on the unique

features of cooling water use and other