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two new data tables: (1) the distribution

company will be asked to provide data

about the monthly bill if they are billing

the consumer for another energy service

provider; and (2) the energy service

provider will report data if billing is

done by them or a third party other than

the distribution company. The form and

instructions will be modified to show

these changes.

Form EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric

Generator Report,’’ two changes are

proposed: (1) the survey form

designation and name will be altered to,

Form EIA–860–A, ‘‘Annual Electric

Generator Report—Utility;’’ and (2) the

planning projection period (Schedule II

and Schedule III) will be changed from

10 years to 5 years. The form and

instructions will be modified to show

these changes.

Form EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric

Utility Report.’’ Three changes are

proposed: (1) Item 5 on Schedule II

indicating new plant intention(s) will be

deleted; (2) Schedule IV will require

energy service providers to report the

total dollars paid by the consumer(s)

whether or not the energy service

provider issues the bill; and (3) the

Demand Side Management (Schedule V)

threshold will be raised from 120,000

MWh to 150,000 MWh. The form and

instructions will be modified to show

these changes.

Form EIA–867, ‘‘Annual Nonutility

Power Producer Report.’’ Three changes

are proposed: (1) the form name and

number will be changed to, Form EIA–

860–B ‘‘Annual Electric Generator

Report—Nonutility’’; (2) Item 3(a)

estimated useful thermal output and

3(b) thermal output used will be added

to Schedule IVB. The form and

instructions will be modified to show

these changes.

Form EIA–900, ‘‘Monthly Nonutility

Sales for Resale Report.’’ Six changes

are proposed: (1) the survey name will

be changed to ‘‘Monthly Nonutility

Power Report;’’ three new data elements

on (2) fuel type, (3) gross generation

(kWh), and (4) fossil fuel consumption

will be added; and (5) sales for resale

and (6) sales to other end users will be

deleted. The form and instructions will

be modified to show these changes.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

Please indicate to which form(s) your

comments apply.

General Issues

A. Are the proposed collections of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency? Does the information have

practical utility? Practical utility is

defined as the actual usefulness of

information to or for an agency, taking

into account its accuracy, adequacy,

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s

ability to process the information it

collects.

B. What enhancements can EIA make

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Can data be submitted by the due

date?

C. Public reporting burden estimates

for each form collection are shown

below. Burden includes the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide the information.

EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Power

Supply Program Report,’’—15.50 hrs.

per response (previous estimate was

20.7 hrs.)

EIA–412, ‘‘Annual Report of Public

Electric Utilities,’’—30.3 hrs. per

response (no change from previous

estimate)

EIA–417R, ‘‘Electric Power Systems

Emergency Report and Annual

Summary of Emergency

Occurrences,’’—2.89 hrs. per response

(no change from previous estimate).

Note: The frequency, magnitude, and

duration of emergency occurrences

are hard to predict, therefore making

reporting times hard to predict.

EIA–759, ‘‘Monthly Power Plant

Report,’’—1.4 hrs. per response (no

change from previous estimate)

EIA–767, ‘‘Steam-Electric Plant

Operation and Design Report,’’ 84 hrs.

per response for plants of 100 MW or

more, and 4 hrs. for plants from 10

MW but less than 100 MW. (no

change from previous estimate)

EIA–826, ‘‘Monthly Electric Utility

Sales and Revenue Report with State

Distributions,’’—1.5 hrs. per response

(previous estimate was 1.4 hrs.)

EIA–860, ‘‘Annual Electric Generator

Report,’’—15.0 hrs. per response

(previous estimate was 15.3 hrs)

EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Energy

Industry Report,’’—7.5 hrs per

response (previous estimate was 7.9

hrs.)

EIA–867, ‘‘Annual Nonutility Power

Producer Report,’’—2.12 hrs. per

response (no change from previous

estimate)

EIA–900, ‘‘Monthly Nonutility Sales for

Resale Report,’’—.25 hrs. per response

(no change from previous estimate).

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimates and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of the

collections of information, including the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

D. EIA estimates that respondents will

incur no additional costs for reporting

other than the hours required to

complete the collections. What is the

estimated: (1) total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operating and maintaining and

purchasing service costs associated with

these data collections?

E. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify the

agency, the data element(s), and the

methods of collection.

As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the levels of

detail indicated on the forms?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. Identify any alternate sources of

data. Do you use them? If so, what are

their deficiencies and/or strengths?

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the form. They also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC, June 24, 1998.

Lynda T. Carlson,

Director, Statistics and Methods Group,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–17371 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–596–000]

Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company; Notice of Application

June 24, 1998.

Take notice that on June 5, 1998, as

supplemented on June 17, 1998,

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company

(Columbia Gulf), 2603 Augusta, Suite

125, Houston, Texas 77057–5637, filed

in Docket No. CP98–596–000, an

application pursuant to Sections 7(b)

and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA)
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and Part 157 of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

the construction and operation of

certain replacement facilities and for

permission and approval to abandon the

facilities being replaced, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Columbia Gulf requests permission

and approval to abandon by removal

one 12,050 horsepower (Hp)

International Organization for Standard

(ISO) rated compressor unit and

appurtenances located in Corinth,

Alcorn County, Mississippi; one 12,050

Hp (ISO) rated compressor unit and

appurtenances located in Inverness,

Humphreys County, Mississippi; and

one 14,000 Hp (ISO) rated compressor

unit and appurtenances located in

Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee.

As replacement for the aforementioned

compressor units, Columbia Gulf

proposes to construct and operate one

17,282 Hp (ISO) rated compressor unit

and appurtenances at the Corinth

Compressor Station; one 17,282 Hp

(ISO) rated compressor unit and

appurtenances at the Inverness

Compressor Station; and one 14,550 Hp

(ISO) rated compressor unit at the

Hampshire Compressor Station. The

total cost associated with the

construction and operation of the

compressor units is approximately

$37,600,000.

Columbia Gulf also proposes to

increase the certificated Hp rating of the

Corinth Compressor Station from 44,750

Hp (ISO) to 49,982 Hp (ISO); the

Inverness Compressor Station from

38,100 Hp (ISO) to 45,832 Hp (ISO); and

the Hampshire Compressor Station from

40,050 Hp (ISO) to 43,100 Hp (ISO).

Finally, Columbia Gulf proposes to

increase the maximum certificated

capacity level of its mainline by 96,555

Dth per day to 2,218,868 Dth per day.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 9,

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 385.214 or 385.211)

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. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

person to whom the protests are

directed. Any person wishing to become

a party to a proceeding or to participate

as a party in any hearing therein must

file a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s Rules.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents issued by the

Commission, filed by the applicant, or

filed by all other intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must serve

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as filing an original and 14 copies

with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of such comments to

the Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents, and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission, and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a Federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on these

applications if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a 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 Columbia Gulf to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17326 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2881–000]

Entergy Services, Inc.; Notice of Filing

June 19, 1998

Take notice that on May 1, 1998,

Entergy Services, Inc., (Entergy

Services), as agent for System Energy

Resources, Inc. (SERI), tendered for

filing the annual informational update

(Update), containing the 1998

redetermination of the Monthly

Capacity Charges, prepared in

accordance with the provisions of

SERI’s Power Charge Formula (PCF)

Tariff. Entergy Services states that the

Update redetermines the formula rate in

accordance with the annual rate

redetermination provisions of Section

2(B) of the PFC.

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

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

and protests should be filed on or before

June 26, 1998. Protests will be

considered by the Commission to

determine the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17325 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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