32868 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC98–1–001 FERC Form No. 1]

Information Collection Submitted For

Review and Request For Comments

June 10, 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 the

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 comments from electric

utilities, federal and state agencies

responding to an earlier Federal

Register notice of February 17, 1998 (63

FR 7777–8). In its submission to OMB

the Commission has addressed these

comments and included a listing of the

commenters.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received on or before July 16, 1998.

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, 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

Form 1 ‘‘Annual Report for Major

Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902–0021.

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 an increase in the reporting burden

due to an increase in the number of

entities who are now subject to the

Commission’s jurisdiction and as a

result must submit this annual report.

This is a mandatory information

collection requirement.

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). Under the FPA the Commission

may prescribe a system of accounts for

jurisdictional companies, and after

notice and hearing, may determine the

accounts in which particular outlays

and receipts will be entered, charged or

credited. The FERC Form 1 is designed

to collect financial information from

privately owned electric utilities and

licensees who have generation,

transmission, distribution and sales of

electric energy, however produced

throughout the United States and its

possessions, subject to the

Commission’s jurisdiction.

Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises on average, 210 companies

subject to the Commission’s

jurisdiction.

6. Estimated Burden: 255,570 total

burden hours, 210 respondents, 1

response annually, 1,217 hours per

response (average).

7. Estimated Cost Burden to

Respondents: 255,570 hours ÷ 2,008

hours per year × $109,889 per year =

$13,450,290, average cost per

respondent = $64,049.

Statutory Authority: Sections 4, 301, 304

of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.

791a–825.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15902 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–406–000]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on Wednesday, June

17, 1998, at 10:00 a.m. through

Thursday, June 18, 1998, at the offices

of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C., 20426, for the

purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervener status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact William J. Collins (202) 208–

0248.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15910 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 271–AR]

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.; Notice of

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. To Use

Alternative Procedures in Filing a

License Application

June 10, 1998.

On May 26, 1998, the existing

licensee, Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

(Entergy), filed a request to use

alternative procedures for submitting an

application for new license for the

existing Carpenter-Remmel

Hydroelectric Project No. 271. The

project is located on the Ouachita River,

in Garland and Hot Springs Counties,

Arkansas, and consists of two

developments. The 56.0 megawatt (MW)

Carpenter development includes Lake

Hamilton Reservoir, which is created by

Carpenter Dam. The downstream 11.0

MW Remmel development includes

Lake Catherine Reservoir, which is

created by Remmel Dam. The project

does not occupy lands of the United

States.