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As required by the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations, the

CLWR EIS will also evaluate the No

Action alternative. Under this

alternative, the stockpile demand for

tritium would have to be met by other

means, such as constructing and

operating an accelerator at the Savannah

River Site.

Identification of Environmental and

Other Issues

The Department has identified the

following issues for analysis in the EIS.

Additional issues may be identified as

a result of the scoping process.

1. Public and Worker Safety, Health

Risk Assessment: Radiological and

nonradiological impacts, including

projected effects on workers and the

public from construction, operation and

accident conditions associated with

tritium production.

2. Impacts from releases to air, water,

and soil associated with tritium

production.

3. Impacts to plants, animals, and

habitats, including threatened or

endangered species and their habitats

associated with tritium production.

4. The consumption of natural

resources and energy associated with

tritium production.

5. Socioeconomic impacts to affected

communities from construction and

operation associated with tritium

production.

6. Environmental justice:

Disproportionately high and adverse

human health or environmental effects

on minority and low-income

populations associated with tritium

production.

7. Impacts to cultural resources such

as historic, archaeological, scientific, or

culturally important sites associated

with tritium production.

8. Impacts associated with

transportation of nuclear materials.

9. Status of compliance with all

applicable Federal, state, and local

statutes and regulations; required

Federal and state environmental

consultations and notifications; and

DOE Orders on waste management,

waste minimization, and environmental

protection.

10. Cumulative impacts from the

proposed action and other past, present,

and reasonably foreseeable actions at

the alternative sites.

11. Potential irreversible and

irretrievable commitments of resources

associated with tritium production.

12. Pollution prevention and waste

management practices, including

characterization, storage, treatment and

disposal of wastes associated with

tritium production.

Public Scoping Process

To assist in defining the appropriate

scope of the EIS and to identify

significant environmental issues to be

addressed, DOE will conduct public

scoping meetings at the locations, dates,

and times described above under

DATES. DOE will begin each scoping

meeting with an overview of the CLWR

program. Following the initial

presentation, DOE will answer

questions and accept comments. Copies

of handouts from the meetings will be

available to those unable to attend, by

contacting the DOE CLWR project

described above under ADDRESSES.

Issued in Washington, D.C., this 15th day

of January 1998.

Peter N. Brush,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment,

Safety and Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket Nos. 97–104–NG et al.]

TPC Corporation, et al.; Orders

Granting and Transferring Blanket

Authorizations To Import and/or Export

Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued Orders granting and

transferring various natural gas import

and export authorizations. These Orders

are summarized in the attached

appendix.

These Orders are available for

inspection and copying in the Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and

Export Activities, Docket Room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The Docket Room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 14,

1998.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order

No.

Date

issued Importer/Exporter FE Docket No.

Two-year maximum

Import Comments

Volume

Bcf

Export

Volume

Bcf

1337 ..... 12/02/97 TPC Corporation, 97–104–NG .......................... 73 Import and export up to a combined total from

and to Canada beginning January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 1999.

1338 ..... 12/04/97 Phibro Inc., 97–106–NG .................................... 200 200 Import including LNG from Canada and, to export to Canada beginning on first delivery

after December 31, 1997.

1339 ..... 12/04/97 Phibro Inc., 97–105–NG .................................... 200 200 Import including LNG from Canada and, to export to Canada beginning on first delivery

after December 31, 1997.

1340 ..... 12/04/97 Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 97–103–NG ............ 50 ................ Import from Canada beginning on first delivery

after December 5, 1997.

1341 ..... 12/12/97 Direct Energy Marketing Inc., 97–111–NG ....... 200 ................ Import from Canada beginning February 1,

1998, through January 31, 2000.

1342 ..... 12/12/97 UtiliCorp United Inc., 97–107–NG ..................... 400 Import and export up to a combined total from

and to Canada beginning January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 1999.
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APPENDIX—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED—Continued

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order

No.

Date

issued Importer/Exporter FE Docket No.

Two-year maximum

Import Comments

Volume

Bcf

Export

Volume

Bcf

1240–A 12/12/97 CXY Energy Marketing (U.S.A.) Inc. (Formerly

CanadianOxy Marketing (U.S.A.) Inc.), 97–

06–NG.

................ ................ Name change.

1343 ..... 12/17/97 Bay State Gas Company, 97–112–NG ............. 40 ................ Import from Canada beginning on January 6,

1998 through January 5, 2000.

1344 ..... 12/18/97 Tenaska Washington Partners, L.P., 97–102–

NG.

400 Import and export up to a combined total from

and to Canada and Mexico beginning December 31, 1997, through December 30,

1999.

1345 ..... 12/18/97 POCO Petroleum, Inc., 97–108–NG ................. 250 ................ Import from Canada beginning January 21,

1998, through January 20, 2000.

1346 ..... 12/19/97 The Consumers’ Gas Company Ltd., 97–110–

NG.

................ 100 Export to Canada beginning January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 1999.

1347 ..... 12/23/97 PanCanadian Petroleum Company, 97–114–

NG.

250 Import and export up to a combined total from

and to Canada beginning November 1,

1997, through October 31, 1999.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

(FERC–523)

January 14, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under provisions of Section 3507

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13). Any interested

person may file comments on the

collection of information directly with

OMB and should address a copy of

those comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission

received no comments in response to an

earlier Federal Register notice of

September 15, 1997 (62 FR 48265) and

made a notation in its submission to

OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received within 30 days of this

notification.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Desk Officer, 726 Jackson

Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503. A

copy of the comments should also be

sent to Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Division of Information to

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Division of Information Services,

Attention: Mr. Michael Miller, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 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–

523 ‘‘Application for Authorization of

the Issuance of Securities or the

Assumption of Liabilities.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902–0043.

The Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three-year extension of

the current expiration date, with no

changes to the existing collection. There

is no change to the reporting burden.

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 information reported under

Commission identifier FERC–523 is

filed in accordance with Sections 19, 20,

and 204, (FPA). Under the FPA a public

utility or licensee must obtain

Commission authorization for the

issuance of securities or the assumption

of liabilities. The information is used by

the Commission to make a

determination as to whether to accept

and/or reject for granting authorization

to public utilities or licensees to issue

securities or assume an obligation or

liability.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises on average, 60 applicants for

an application for authorization of the

issuance of securities or the assumption

of liabilities.

6. Estimated Burden: 6,600 total

burden hours, 60 respondents, 1

response annually, 110 hours per

response (average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

Respondents: 6,600 hours ÷ 2,088 hours

per year × $110,000 per year = $378,928.

(Statutory Authority: Sections 19, 20, and

204 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16

U.S.C. Sections 812 et seq.)

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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