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assessing the downstream beneficiaries

for a part of the annual costs for the

headwater project.

The date the Commission requires

owners of non-federal hydropower

projects to file for determining annual

charges is specified in 18 Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 11.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with no changes to the

existing collection of data.

Burden Station: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of respondents annually Number of responses per respondent

Average burden hours per response Total annual burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

15 1 40 600

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $33,716 (840 hours

divided by 2,088 hours per year per

employee times $110,000 per year per

average employee = $33,716). The cost

per respondent is $2,248.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

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

purposes 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13931 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC98–80–000 FERC–Form 80]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

May 20, 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 July

27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

Miller, Information Services Division,

CI–1, 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: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC Form 80

‘‘Licensed Hydropower Development

Recreation Report’’ (OMB No. 1902–

0106) is used by the Commission to

implement the statutory provisions of

Sections 4(a), 10(a), 301(a), 304 and 309

of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16

U.S.C. §§ 797, 803, 825, 825(c) and

825(h)). FERC Form 80 is a report on use

and development of recreational

facilities at FERC-licensed hydroelectric

projects filed on April 1 of every sixth

year. The data submitted is compiled

during the previous calendar year.

Commission staff utilize FERC Form 80

data to analyze the adequacy of existing

pubic recreational facilities and for

predicting the need for future

development at licensed projects. When

there are applications for amendment to

license and/or for changes in land rights

that involve changes in recreational

resources, Commission staff rely on

current FERC Form 80 data for

determining the impact of such changes.

The Commission’s Regional Office staff

inspect licensed projects to evaluate

compliance with various license

conditions, including those related to

recreation. The authority for the

Commission to collect this information

comes from Section 10(a) of the FPA

that requires the Commission to ensure

that any hydro project it approves be

best adapted to a comprehensive plan

for developing a waterway for the

benefit of interstate and foreign

commerce and for improving or

utilizing waterpower development,

including recreation and other

beneficial public uses. To further these

objectives, the Commission requires

licensees to take reasonable efforts to

inform the public of the availability of

project lands and waters for recreational

purposes and license conditions of

interest to members of the public

interested in recreational aspects of the

project. The data required to be filed is

specified by 18 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) Sections 8.11 and

141.14.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with no changes to the

existing collection of data.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

for the collection is estimated as:
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Number of respondents annually Number of responses per respondent

Average burden hours per response Total annual burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

200 1 3 1,200

The estimated total cost to

respondents is $63,218, (1,200 hours

divided by 2,088 hours per year per

employee times $110,000 per year per

average employee=$63,218). The cost

per respondent is $158.00.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

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

purposes 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 Commission to

perform its functions properly,

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 collecting the information on

those who must 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13932 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2305–000]

Edgar Electric Cooperative

Association d/b/a EnerStar Power

Corp.; Notice of Issuance of Order

May 20, 1998.

Edgar Electric Cooperative

Association d/b/a EnerStar Power Corp.

(EnerStar) filed an application for

authorization to engage in the wholesale

sale of capacity and energy at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, EnerStar

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by EnerStar.

On May 14, 1998, the Commission

issued an Order Accepting For Filing

Proposed Market-Based Rates And

Granting Waiver Of Notice Requirement

(Order), in the above-docketed

proceeding.

The Commission’s May 14, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):

(C) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by EnerStar should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214.

(D) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (C) above, EnerStar is hereby

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

EnerStar, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(F) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

EnerStar’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities * * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 15,

1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13934 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2259–000]

LSP Energy Limited Partnership;

Notice of Issuance of Order

May 20, 1998.

LSP Energy Limited Partnership (LSP

Energy) filed an application for

authorization to engage in wholesale

power sales at market-based rates, and

for certain waivers and authorizations.

In particular, LSP Energy requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by LSP Energy. On May 14,

1998, the Commission issued an Order

Accepting For Filing Market-Based

Rates (Order), in the above-docketed

proceeding.

The Commission’s May 14, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):

(C) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of