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1See 80 FERC ¶61,264 (1997); order denying

rehearing issued January 28, 1998, 82 FERC

¶ 61,058 (1998).

2Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC, 91

F.3d 1478 (D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96–954

and 96–1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751 and 3754, May 12,

1997).

water balance model for application to

the PVP EIS.

For additional information on this

workshop. please contact the FERC Project

Manager, Dr. John M. Mudre at (202) 219–

1208.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19454 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 10942–001 and 10416–003]

Skykomish River Hydro, Washington

Hydro Develop. Corp.; Notice of

Meetings

July 16, 1998.

A meeting will be convened by staff

of the Office of Hydropower Licensing

on Tuesday, August 11, 1998, at 10:00

a.m. at the Lynwood City Hall, 19100

44th Avenue West, Lynwood,

Washington. The purpose of this

meeting is to learn the status of the

applicant’s response to the

Commission’s March 19, 1998,

additional information request on the

proposed Martin Creek Project (P–

10942–001). In particular, the meeting

will focus on the project’s consistency

with the President’s Forest Plan.

Following the first meeting, the

Commission will attend a meeting at the

same location on the proposed licensing

of the Anderson Creek Project (P–

10416–003). The meeting will involve

the Forest Service and the applicant,

Washington Hydro Development

Corporation, who will discuss the

possibility of redesigning the project to

minimize environmental impacts.

If you have any questions concerning

these matters, please contact Mr. Carl

Keller at (202) 219–2831 or e-mail at

carl.keller@ferc.fed.us, or Mr. Alan

Mitchnick at (202) 219–2826 or e-mail at

alan.mitchnick@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19452 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–659–000]

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 8, 1998,

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Applicant), 3800 Frederica Street,

Owensboro, Kentucky, 42304, filed in

docket No. CP98–659–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.216(b) of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for

approval to abandon a receipt meter

located in Hopkins County, Kentucky,

under Applicant’s blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP82–407–000,

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set

forth in the request which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Applicant proposes to abandon by

removal the Reynolds-Narge Creek

receipt meter station, which was

constructed in 1992. Applicant asserts

that it is requesting such authorization

because the producer has discontinued

deliveries of natural gas at this meter.

Applicant further asserts that the

producer, Wiser Oil Company (Wiser),

which had been delivering natural gas

to this meter, has been acquired by Orbit

Gas Company (Orbit), and the natural

gas from Wiser’s wells in this area is

now being delivered to Orbit. It is also

asserted that Wiser has cut and capped

its line to the meter station.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days of the issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214), a motion to

intervene and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activities shall be deemed

to be authorized effective the day after

the time allowed for filing a protest. If

a protest is filed and not withdrawn 30

days after the time allowed for filing a

protest, the instant request shall be

treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19447 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GP98–38–000]

Vastar Gas Marketing, Inc. and Atlantic

Richfield Company; Notice of Petition

for Dispute Resolution

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that, on July 7, 1998,

Vastar Gas Marketing, Inc. (VGM) and

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO)

filed a petition requesting the

Commission to resolve VGM and

ARCO’s dispute with El Paso Natural

Gas Company (El Paso) over El Paso’s

revised $3,619,181.55 Kansas ad

valorem tax refund claim in Docket No.

RP98–44–000. VGM and ARCO seek

rulings: 1) That VGM has no Kansas ad

valorem tax refund liability to El Paso;

2) that El Paso has failed to substantiate

its refund claim against ARCO and,

therefore, that ARCO has no Kansas ad

valorem tax refund obligation to El Paso;

and 3) that El Paso waived any refund

claim attributable to Kansas ad valorem

tax overcharges in a March 1, 1988

settlement with ARCO Oil & Gas

Company. In the alternative, if the

Commission finds that ARCO does owe

Kansas ad valorem tax refunds to El

Paso, VGM and ARCO request a ruling

that such refund liability is limited to

ARCO’s own working interest and the

attributable royalties. VGM and ARCO’s

petition is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

The Commission, by order issued

September 10, 1997, in Docket No.

RP97–369–000 et al,1 on remand from

the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,2

required First Sellers to refund Kansas

ad valorem tax reimbursements to

pipelines, with interest, for the period

from 1983 to 1988. In its January 28,

1998 Order Clarifying Procedures [82

FERC ¶ 61,059 (1998)], the Commission

stated that producers (i.e., First Sellers)

could file dispute resolution requests

with the Commission, asking the

Commission to resolve the dispute with
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the pipeline over the amount of Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds owed.

Any person desiring to comment on

or make any protest with respect to the

above-referenced petition should, on or

before August 6, 1998, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, a motion to intervene or protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 and

385.211). 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 the proceeding, or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein, must file

a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s Rules.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19446 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MT98–14–000]

Warren Transportation, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 13, 1998,

Warren Transportation, Inc. (WTI),

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, the

following proposed tariff sheet, with an

effective date of August 14, 1998:

First Revised Sheet No. 190

WTI states that it is submitting this

tariff sheet to clarify Section 22 of its

tariff as a result of an order issued by

the Commission in Docket No. MG98–

9–000 on June 12, 1998. WTI states that

because of the June 12 Order, it is filing

to remove nonoperating personnel from

the tariff provision that designates

shared employees.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and regulations. All

such motions or protests must be filed

as provided in Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 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 in the public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19450 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6127–8]

Toxic Release Inventory; Submission

of ICR No. 1704.04 to OMB; Agency

Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

entitled: Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic

Chemical Release Reporting [EPA ICR

No. 1704.04; OMB Control No. 2070–

0143] has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval pursuant to the

OMB procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The

ICR, which is abstracted below,

describes the nature of the information

collection and its estimated cost and

burden.

The Agency is requesting that OMB

renew for 3 years the existing approval

for this ICR, which is scheduled to

expire on August 31, 1998. A Federal

Register notice announcing the

Agency’s intent to seek the renewal of

this ICR and the 60-day public comment

opportunity, requesting comments on

the request and the contents of the ICR,

was issued on December 24, 1997 (62

FR 67358). EPA received comments on

this ICR during the comment period,

and has addressed the comments in the

body of the ICR submitted to OMB.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before August 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by

phone on (202) 260–2740, by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1704.04.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1704.04 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0143, to the following

addresses:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Regulatory

Information Division (Mailcode:

2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460; and to:

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk

Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Review Requested: This is a request to

renew a currently approved information

collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1704.04;

OMB Control No. 2070–0143.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on August 31,

1998.

Title: Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic

Chemical Release Reporting.

Abstract: EPCRA section 313 requires

certain facilities manufacturing,

processing or otherwise using certain

toxic chemicals in excess of specified

threshold quantities to report their

environmental releases of such

chemicals annually. Each such facility

must file a separate report for each such

chemical. In accordance with the

authority in EPCRA, EPA has

established an alternate threshold for

those facilities with low amounts of a

listed toxic chemical in wastes. A

facility that otherwise meets the current

reporting thresholds but estimates that

the total amount of the chemical in

production-related waste does not

exceed 500 pounds per year, and that

the chemical was manufactured,

processed or otherwise used in an

amount not exceeding 1 million pounds

during the reporting year, can take

advantage of reporting under the

alternate threshold option for that

chemical for that reporting year.

Each qualifying facility that chooses

to apply the revised threshold must file

the Form A (EPA Form 9350–2) in lieu

of a complete TRI reporting Form R

(EPA Form 9350–1). In submitting the

Form A, the facility certifies that the

sum of the amount of each EPCRA

section 313 chemical or chemicals did

not exceed 500 pounds in total

production-related waste for the

reporting year, and that each chemical

was manufactured, processed or

otherwise used in an amount not

exceeding 1 million pounds during the

reporting year. EPA estimates that using

the alternate threshold may save

reporting facilities up to 487,000 hours,

with a dollar value of $29 million,

compared to the cost of reporting on

Form R.

The primary function served by the

submission of the Form A is to satisfy