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APPENDIX—ORDERS GRANTING, AMENDING AND TRANSFERRING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATION—Continued

Order

No.

Date

issued Importer/exporter FE docket No.

Two-year maximum

Comments Import

volume

Export

volume

1387 ..... 05/28/98 West Texas Gas, Inc., 98–38-NG ................ ................... 50 Bcf ........ Export to Mexico beginning June 1, 1998,

through May 31, 2000.

1388 ..... 05/28/98 Burlington Resources Trading Inc., 98–37-

NG.

................... 100 Bcf ...... Import and export up to a combined total

from and to Mexico beginning on June 1,

1998, through May 31, 2000.

1389 ..... 05/29/98 Applied LNG Technologies USA, L.L.C.,

98–35-LNG.

................... 5.2 Bcf ....... Export of LNG to Mexico beginning on the

date of first truck delivery.

[FR Doc. 98–16948 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. FE C&E 98–04—Certification

Notice—159]

Office of Fossil Energy; Androscoggin

Energy LLC Notice of Filing of Coal

Capability Powerplant and Industrial

Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: On June 4, 1998,

Androscoggin Energy LLC submitted a

coal capability self-certification

pursuant to section 201 of the

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Fossil Energy,

Room 4G–039, FE–27, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42

U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no

new baseload electric powerplant may

be constructed or operated without the

capability to use coal or another

alternate fuel as a primary energy

source. In order to meet the requirement

of coal capability, the owner or operator

of such facilities proposing to use

natural gas or petroleum as its primary

energy source shall certify, pursuant to

FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of

Energy prior to construction, or prior to

operation as a base load powerplant,

that such powerplant has the capability

to use coal or another alternate fuel.

Such certification establishes

compliance with section 201(a) as of the

date filed with the Department of

Energy. The Secretary is required to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

that a certification has been filed. The

following owner/operator of the

proposed new baseload powerplant has

filed a self-certification in acccordance

with section 201(d).

Owner: Androscoggin Energy LLC.

Operator: Polsky Services, Inc.

Location: Riley Road, near the city of

Jay, Maine.

Plant Configuration: Combined-Cycle,

Cogeneration.

Capacity: 145 megawatts.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Retail and

wholesale markets connected to New

England Power Pool.

In-Service Date: Mid to late 1999.

Issued in Washington, D.C., June 19, 1998.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of

Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal & Power

Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–16947 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC98–73–000 FERC Form No. 73]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 19, 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

August 24, 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, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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 No. 73 ‘‘Oil

Pipelines Service Life Data’’ (OMB No.

1902–0019) is used by the Commission

to implement the statutory provisions of

Sections 306 and 402 of the Department

of Energy Organization Act 42 U.S.C.

§ 7155 and 7172, and Executive Order

No. 12009, 42 FR 46277 (September 13,

1977). From these statutory sections the

Commission assumed jurisdictional

responsibility for oil pipelines from the

Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.

§ 6501 et. al. As part of the information

necessary for the subsequent

investigation and review of the oil

pipeline company’s proposed

depreciation rates, the pipeline

companies are required to provide

service life data as part of their data

submission if the proposed depreciation

rates are based on remaining physical

life calculations. This service life data is

collected and submitted on FERC Form

No. 73.

Data submitted by an oil pipeline

company during an investigation may

be either initial data or it may be an

update to existing data already on file.

These data are then used by the

Commission as input to several

computer programs know collectively as

the Depreciation Life Analysis System

(DLAS) to assist in the selection of

appropriate service lives and book

depreciation rates.

Book depreciation rates are used by

oil pipeline companies to compute the

depreciation portion of their operating
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expense which is a component of their

cost of service which in turn is used to

determine the transportation rate to

assess customers. Staff’s recommended

book depreciation rates become legally

binding when issued in an order by the

Commission. These rates remain in

effect until a subsequent review is

requested and the outcome indicates

that a modification is justified. The

Commission implements these filing

requirements in the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Parts

347 and 357.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of respondents annually

(1)

Number of responses per respondent

(2)

Average burden hours per response

(3)

Total annual burden hours

(1)x(2)x(3)

5 1 40 200

Estimated cost burden to respondents:

200 hours divided by 2,088 hours per

year times $110,000 per year equals

$11,000. The cost per respondent is

equal to $2,200.

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 acitivites 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. 98–16878 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC98–6–000; FERC Form 6]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

June 19, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(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

August 24, 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, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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 6 ‘‘Annual

Report of Oil Pipeline Companies’’

(OMB NO. 1902–0022) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

Provisions of the Interstate Commerce

Act (ICA), (49 U.S.C.). The ICA

authorizes the Commission to make

investigations and to collect and record

data and to prescribes rules and

regulations concerning accounts,

records and memoranda as necessary or

appropriate for purposes of

administering the ICA. The Commission

may prescribe a system of accounts for

jurisdictional companies and, after

notice and opportunity for hearing may

determine the accounts in which

particular outlays and receipts will be

entered, charged or credited. Every

pipeline carrier subject to the provisions

of Section 20 of the ICA must file with

the Commission copies of FERC Form 6.

The Commission’s Office of Chief

Accountant uses the information

collected in its audit program and the

continuous review on the financial

condition of regulated companies. The

Office of Pipeline Regulation uses the

data in its various rate proceedings and

supply programs, and the Offices of

Economic Policy and General Counsel

use the data in their programs relating

to the administration of the ICA. Data on

certain schedules of the FERC Form 6 is

used to compute annual charges which

are then assessed against oil pipeline

companies to recover the Commission’s

annual costs. These annual charges are

required by Section 3401 of the Budget

Act.

The ICA mandates the collection of

information needed by the Commission

to perform it regulatory responsibilities

in the setting of the just and reasonable

rates. The Commission could be held in

violation of the ICA if the information

was not collected.

The Commission implements these

filing requirements in the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR

Section 260.2 and Parts 351; 352; 356

and 357.2.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date.