26166 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 91 /Tuesday, May 12, 1998 / Notices

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

copy of the comments should also be

sent to Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Division of Information

Services, Attention: Mr. Michael Miller,

888 First Street N.E., Washington, D.C.

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:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

555 ‘‘Preservation of Records of Public

Utilities and Licensees, Natural Gas and

Oil Pipeline Companies.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902–0098.

The Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three-year extension of

the current expiration date, with no

substantive changes to the existing

collection. There is an increase in the

reporting burden due to an increase in

the number of respondents participating

in industry and consequently subject to

the Commission’s jurisdiction. This

increase reflects an adjustment to the

Commission’s regulatory burden for this

information collection requirement.

These are mandatory collection

requirements.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing the

provisions of the Federal Power Act

(FPA); the Natural Gas Act (NGA); and

the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA).

These statutes provide the Commission

with the authority and responsibility for

policing jurisdictional companies’ to

ensure compliance with the Acts’

requirements. The information retained

under Commission identifier FERC–555

are records maintained by the regulated

companies in accordance with

Schedules provided in the

Commission’s regulations in 18 CFR

Parts 125, 225 and 356. The companies

will use the regulatory requirements to

determine the minimum length of time

to maintain their records. These records

are retained to be used during financial/

compliance audits of jurisdictional

companies forming the basis of the audit

staff’s opinion regarding (1) the

reliability of the financial data filed

with Commission by companies, (2) the

extent of conformance by the companies

to the Uniform System of Accounts (3)

compliance with the Commission’s

regulations for rate filings and reports.

Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises on average, 515

recordkeepers subject to the

Commission’s regulations.

6. Estimated Burden: 1,236,000 total

burden hours, 515 respondents, 1

response annually, 2,400 hours per

response (average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

Respondents: 1,236,000 hours ÷ 2,088

hours per year × $110,000 per year =

$65,049,236, average cost per

respondent = $126,309.

Statutory Authority: Sections 301(a),

304(a), 309, of the Federal Power Act

(FPA) 16 U.S.C. 792–828o; Sections 8(a),

10(a), 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA),

15 U.S.C. 717–717w; and Sections 19

and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act

(ICA), 49 U.S.C. 20.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT98–42–000]

Algonquin LNG, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 6, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998,

Algonquin LNG, Inc. (ALNG) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 1, Eighth

Revised Sheet No. 200. The proposed

effective date of this tariff sheet is June

1, 1998.

ALNG states that the purpose of this

filing is to update its Index of Customers

as of June 1, 1998.

ALNG states that copies of its filing

have been served on all affected

customers of ALNG and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

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 in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12473 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–99–006]

Algonquin LNG, Inc.; Notice of

Compliance Filing

May 6, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998,

Algonquin LNG, Inc. (ALNG) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheets to become

effective June 1, 1998:

Second Revised Sheet No. 31

Third Revised Sheet No. 51

Second Revised Sheet No. 83

ALNG asserts that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Letter

Order issued on July 3, 1997, in Docket

Nos. RP97–90–001 and RP97–99–002.

ALNG states that the above listed tariff

sheets are being filed to bring ALNG’s

FERC Gas Tariff into compliance with

Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB)

Standards 4.3.6, 4.3.7, and 5.4.13

through 5.4.16.

ALNG states that copies of this filing

were served on firm customers of ALNG

and interested state commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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