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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.

Linwood A Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17184 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2035–006, CO]

City and County of Denver, CO; Notice

of Application and Applicant-Prepared

EA Accepted for Filing; Notice

Requesting Interventions and Protests;

and Notice Requesting Comments,

Final Terms and Conditions,

Recommendations and Prescriptions

June 23, 1998.

The Applicant, the City and County of

Denver, Colorado acting by and through

its Board of Water Commissioners

(Denver Water), proposes to continue to

operate and maintain its existing Gross

Reservoir Project and to construct a

hydroelectric generating facility with a

capacity of not more than 5 megawatts

(MW) at the project. The Gross Reservoir

Project is on South Boulder Creek in

Boulder County, Colorado. The project

is located partially on lands of the

United States administered by the U.S.

Forest Service, Roosevelt National

Forest, and the Bureau of Land

Management.

The existing project consists of: (1) a

340-foot-high concrete gravity dam with

a crest length of 1,050 feet; (2) a

reservoir with a surface area of 418 acres

with 2-foot-high flashboards on the dam

spillway; and (3) a valve house, located

downstream from the spillway apron,

containing discharge valves that release

flows onto a reinforced-concrete splash

pad. The applicant proposes to install

the following facilities: (1) a

powerhouse, reconstructed out of the

existing valve house, containing one

turbine-generator unit with an installed

capacity not to exceed 5 MW; (2) a

switchyard, located between the dam

and the powerhouse; and (3) a 25-

kilovolt (kV), 1-mile-long transmission

line, interconnecting to the Public

Service Company of Colorado system

and replacing an existing 4.16-kV

distribution line.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1)

update interested parties on the Gross

Reservoir Project application process

status: (2) inform all interested parties

that the Gross Reservoir applicantprepared environmental assessment

(EA) and final license application filed

with the Commission on April 29, 1998,

are hereby accepted; (3) invite

interventions and protests; and (4)

solicit comments, final

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions on Denver

Water’s EA and final license

application.

Applicant-Prepared EA Process and

Gross Reservoir Project Schedule

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Act)

gives the Commission the authority to

allow the filing of an applicant-prepared

EA with a license application. The Act

also directs the Commission to institute

procedures, including pre-application

consultations, to advise applicants of

studies or other information foreseeably

required by the Commission.

On September 10, 1996, the Director,

Office of Hydropower Licensing, waived

or amended certain of the Commission’s

regulations to allow for the processes of

license application and applicantprepared EA preparation to be

coordinated.

Natioal Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) scoping was conducted on the

project through scoping documents

issued October 17, 1996, and March 19,

1997, and in public scoping meetings on

November 7, 1996. On December 15,

1997, Denver Water issued for comment

a draft license application and

preliminary draft EA. On April 29, 1998,

Denver Water filed with the

Commission the final license

application and applicant-prepared EA,

copies of which can be obtained from

Denver Water.

Commision staff have determined that

some additional information is needed

from Denver Water, which is due on

July 10, 1998 (except for engineering

drawings of Gross dam, which are due

on August 9, 1998). Once that

information is received, staff will

complete and issue a draft EA for

comment. Staff anticipate issuing their

draft EA by the end of 1998, and intend

on incorporating final comments into

the staff draft EA. The deadline for filing

comments on the application pursuant

to this notice takes into account the staff

additional information request.

Therefore, commenters should have

sufficient time to review Denver Water’s

additional information before filing final

comments.

Interventions and Protests

All such filings must: (1) bear in all

capital letters the title ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the Applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 19 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies

may obtain copies of the application

directly from Denver Water. All motions

to intervene must be received 60 days

from the date of this notice. A copy of
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1Order no. 497, 53 FR 22139 (June 14, 1988),

FERC Stats. & Regs. 1986–1990 ¶ 30,820 (1988);

Order No. 497–A, Order on rehearing, 54 FR 52781

(December 22, 1989), FERC Stats & Regs. 1986–1990

¶ 30,868 (1989); Order No. 497–B, order extending

sunset date, 55 FR 53291 (December 28, 1990),

FERC Stats & Regs. 1986–1990 ¶ 30,908 (1980);

Order No. 497–C, order extending sunset date, 57

FR 9 (January 2, 1992), FERC Stats & Regs. 1991–

1996 ¶ 30,934 (1991), rehearing denied, 57 FR 5815

(February 18, 1992), 58 FERC ¶ 61,139 (1992);

Tenneco Gas v. FERC (affirmed in part and

remanded in part), 969 F.2d 1187 (D.C. Cir. 1992);

Order No. 497–D, order on remand and extending

sunset date, FERC Stats & Regs. 1991–1996 ¶ 30,958

(December 4, 1992), 57 FR 58978 (December 14,

1992); Order No. 497–E, order on rehearing and

extending sunset date, 59 FR 243 (January 4, 1994),

65 FERC ¶ 61,381 (December 23, 1993); Order No.

497–F, order denying rehearing and granting

clarification, 59 FR 15336 (April 1, 1994), 66 FERC

¶ 61,347 (March 24, 1994); and Order No. 497–G,

order extending sunset date, 59 FR 32884 (June 27,

1994), FERC Stats & Regs. 1991–1996 ¶ 30,996 (June

17, 1994).

2Standards of Conduct and Reporting

Requirements for Transportation and Affiliate

Transactions, Order No. 566, 59 FR 32885 (June 27,

1994), FERC Stats & Regs. 1991–1996 ¶ 30,997 (June

17, 1994); Order No. 566–A, order on rehearing, 59

FR 52896 (October 20, 1994), 69 FERC ¶ 61,044

(October 14, 1994); Order No. 566–B, order on

rehearing, 59 FR 65707 (December 21, 1994), 69

FERC ¶ 61,334 (December 14, 1994).

1See, 5 FERC ¶ 61,173 (1978).

any motion to intervene or protest must

be served on each representative of

Denver Water specified in the final

application.

Comments, Final Terms and

Conditions, Recommendations and

Prescriptions

Interested parties have 60 days from

the date of this notice to file with the

Commission any final comments, final

recommendations, terms and conditions

and prescriptions for the Gross

Reservoir Project. Denver Water will

have 45 days to respond to those.

Filing Requirements

The above documents must be filed

by providing an original and 8 copies as

required by the Commission’s

regulations to: Acting Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17199 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MG98–12–000]

Gulf States Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Filing

June 23, 1998.

Take notice that on June 15, 1998,

Gulf States Transmission Corporation

(Gulf States) submitted standards of

conduct under Order Nos. 497 et seq.1

and order Nos. 566 et seq.2 Gulf States

states that it is filing its standards of

conduct to reflect El Paso Energy

Corporation’s recent acquisition of Gulf

States.

Gulf States states that it has served

copies of the filing upon all of its

affected customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211 or

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

or 385.214). All such motions to

intervene or protest should be filed on

or before July 8, 1998. 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 proceeding.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17194 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–617–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

June 23, 1998.

Take notice that on June 16, 1998,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

(Koch), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas

77251 filed a request pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and

Part 157 of the Commission’s

Regulations to abandon an obsolete

natural gas transportation service

authorized in Docket No. CP78–494 1 for

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia Gas). The application is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Koch proposes to abandon an obsolete

transportation service formally provided

to Columbia Gas pursuant to Koch’s

Rate Schedule X–111. Koch states that

Columbia Gas concurs with the

proposed abandonment and that no

facilities are proposed to be abandoned.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 14,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

no motion for leave to intervene is

timely filed, or if the Commission on its

own motion believes that formal hearing

is required, further notice of such

hearing will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Koch to appear or to be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17189 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–621–000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

June 23, 1998.

Take notice that on June 16, 1998,

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square,

Buffalo, New York 14203, filed in

Docket No. CP98–621–000 a request