Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 139 /Tuesday, July 21, 1998 / Notices 39081

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE’s

Office of Transportation Technologies

anticipates that approximately two

cooperative agreements will result from

this solicitation. Periods of performance

may range from 24 to 36 months and

total estimated DOE funding is

$10,000,000 each. Cost sharing

requirements will be at 50 percent of

total estimated costs. Awards are subject

to the availability of funds. The

solicitation will not obligate DOE to

make any award(s). Any non-profit or

for-profit organization, university of

other institution of higher education, or

non-federal agency or entity is eligible

to apply. Federal laboratory

participation will be limited to

Designated Scientific User Facilities.

The solicitation will provide further

guidance in this area. Awards resulting

from this solicitation will be subject to

the requirements of the Energy Policy

Act which in general requires that the

awardee be a United States-owned

company (including certain non-profits)

or that the foreign country in which the

parent company is located meets certain

conditions of reciprocity in the

treatment of investments, access to

research and development programs,

and protection of intellectual property.

All responsible sources, as indicated

above, may submit an application which

will be considered by the Government.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT:

Earlette Robinson at (630) 252–2667,

U.S. Department of Energy, 9800 South

Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439–4899;

by fax at (630) 252–5045; or by e-mail

at earlette.robinson@ch.doe.gov.

Issued in Chicago, Illinois on July 13, 1998.

John D. Greenwood,

Acquisition and Assistance Group Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–19369 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket Nos. 92–123–NG]

Office of Fossil Energy; Orders

Granting, Amending and Transferring

Authorizations to Import and/or Export

Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that it has issued Orders granting,

amending and transferring various

natural gas and liquefied natural gas

import and export authorizations. These

Orders are summarized in the attached

appendix.

These Orders may be found on the FE

web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov., or

on the electronic bulletin board at (202)

586–7853.

They are also available for inspection

and copying in the Office of Natural Gas

& Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Docket Room 3E–033,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

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

(202) 586–9478. The Docket Room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 14,

1998.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

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

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date issued Importer/exporter FE docket

No.

Two-year maximum

Comments

Import volume Export volume

717–A 06/02/98 San Diego Gas & Electric 92–

123–NG.

........................... ........................... Decrease in volumes of long-term import authority.

1226–A 06/05/98 Engage Energy Canada, L.P.

(Successor to Westcoast

Gas Services Inc.), 96–87–

NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of blanket import/export authority.

1254–A 06/06/98 Engage Energy Canada, L.P.

(Successor to Westcoast

Gas Services, Inc.), 96–82–

NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of long-term import authority.

1390 06/22/98 AG-Energy, L.P., 98–41–NG .. 113.14 Bcf ........ ........................... Import from Canada beginning first delivery

after June 30, 1998.

1391 06/23/98 New York State Electric &

Gas Corporation, 98–43–

NG.

50 Bcf Import and export up to a combined total

from and to Canada beginning on July 1,

1998, through June 30, 2000.

1009–A 06/25/98 Pan-Alberta Gas (U.S.) Inc.

(Successor to Northwest

Alaskan Pipeline Company),

84–15–NG, 87–40–NG, 94–

96–NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of long-term import authority.

1223–A 06/25/98 Power City Partners, L.P., 96–

85–NG.

........................... ........................... Increase in volumes from 500,000 Mcf to

16,060,000 Mcf over the two year term.

1392 06/26/98 National Fuel Resources, Inc.,

98–45–NG.

20 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada up to

an aggregate beginning on June 1, 1998,

through May 31, 2000.

1393 06/26/98 Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc., 98–44–NG.

400 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada up to

a combined total beginning on date of first

import or export.

1394 06/29/98 Energy Unlimited, Inc., 98–

47–NG.

10 Bcf Import and up to a combined total, including

liquefied natural gas (LNG) from and to

Canada and Mexico and LNG from other

countries, beginning on the date of first import or export.
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[FR Doc. 98–19370 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Publication

Activities

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE

ACTION: Notice of discontinuation of

publications.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is advising the

public that it intends to cease

publication of two reports in the electric

power publication series.

DATES: Comments may be submitted in

writing on or before September 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G.

Colligan, EI–531, Energy Information

Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington DC 20585–0650, (202)

426–1174, e-mail jcolliga@eia.doe.gov,

and fax (202) 426–1311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to John Colligan at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No.

93–275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91),

the EIA is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

II. Current Actions

The EIA intends to discontinue the

publication of following two reports:

Financial Statistics of Major U.S.

Investor-Owned Electric Utilities—DOE/

EIA–0437(yr)/1 and U.S. Electric Utility

Demand-Side Management—DOE/EIA–

0589(yr).

The final issue of the Financial

Statistics of Major U.S. Investor-Owned

Electric Utilities would be the issue

dated December 1997, published on

December 8, 1997, and covers the 1996

data year. In view of limited resources,

the Department proposes that the

issuance of this publication be

discontinued because the data

contained in this publication are

collected by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) and will

be available through FERC.

The last issue of the U.S. Electric

Utility Demand-Side Management

would be the December 1997 issue,

published on December 19, 1997, and

covers the 1996 data. In order to reduce

respondent burden, the EIA restructured

Schedule V, ‘‘Demand-Side

Management Information,’’ on the Form

EIA–861, ‘‘Annual Electric Utility

Report,’’ during the 1997 survey reclearance. The Form EIA–861 requires

less detailed Demand Side Management

(DSM) data from the reporting utilities.

Starting with 1997, the DSM data are

collected in a summary format and will

continue to be published in the Electric

Power Annual, Volume II. The annual

detail DSM data will be posted on the

Internet.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective users of these data and

other interested parties may comment

on the actions discussed in item II if

they so desire. DOE will carefully

consider all comments and if it is

persuaded by the comments to continue

publication of either report, it will

publish a notice of its decision.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on July 15,

1998.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration

[FR Doc. 98–19371 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–537 IC98–537–000]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

July 15, 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) 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

September 21, 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–537 ‘‘Gas

Pipeline Certificates: Construction,

Acquisition, and Abandonment’’ (OMB

No. 1902–0060) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act

(NGPA), (15 U.S.C. 3301–3432), and of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C.

717–717w). Under the NGA a natural

gas company must obtain Commission

authorization to engage in the

transportation or sale of natural gas in

interstate commerce, to undertake the

construction or extension of any

facilities, or to acquire or operate any

such facilities or extensions in

accordance with Section 7c of the NGA.

A natural gas company must also obtain

Commission approval under Section

7(b) of the NGA prior to abandoning any

jurisdictional facility or service. Under

the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA)

interstate and intrastate pipelines must

also obtain Commission authorization

for certain transportation arrangements.

Information collection is necessary to

certificate interstate pipelines engaged

in the transportation and sale of natural

gas, and the construction, acquisition,

and operation of facilities to be used for

those activities, to authorize the

abandonment of facilities and services

and to authorize certain NGPA

transportations. If a certificate is

granted, the natural gas company can

engage in the interstate transportation or

sale of natural gas and construct,

acquire, or operate facilities therefore.

Conversely, approval of an

abandonment application permits the

pipeline to cease service and

discontinue the operation of such

facilities. Authorization under NGPA

Section 311(a) allows the interstate or

intrastate pipeline applicants to render

certain transportation services.