38156 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 135 /Wednesday, July 15, 1998 / Notices

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–12 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 14,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Dr. Subhas G. Malghan,

NIST, Building 820, Room 282,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899; (301) 975–

6101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This submission under the Paperwork

Reduction Act represents a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection by the U.S. Department of

Commerce’s National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST

requires this information to evaluate

laboratory accreditation bodies that

apply for NIST’s approval to accredit

laboratories under the Fastener Quality

Act and to registrar accreditation bodies

that apply for NIST’s approval to

accredit quality system registrars and

who in turn will register fastener

manufacturing facilities that use quality

assurance system of manufacturing

fasteners.

II. Method of Collection

Applicants will submit information in

written form to NIST.

III. Data

OMB Number 0693–0015.

Form Number NIST 1269.

Type of Review Regular submission.

Affected Public Business and other

non-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10.

Estimated Time Per Response: 12.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 120.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

estimate of the total annual cost to

submit this information for fiscal year

1998 and future years is $1,500. The

cost is borne by the entities submitting

the information. No capital

expenditures are required.

IV. Requests for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and costs) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, an

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–18815 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 980429111–8111–01]

RIN 0648–ZA43

Coastal Services Center Coastal

Change Analysis Program; Correction

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS),

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Federal

assistance; correction.

SUMMARY: On June 18, 1998, the Coastal

Services Center announced the

availability of Federal assistance for

fiscal year 1999 in the Coastal Change

Analysis Program (63 FR 33352), FR

Doc. 98–16268. This document

contained incorrect dates for submitting

applications and the award target start

date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Dorsey Worthy, (843) 740–1234 or

dworth@csc.noaa.gov.

CORRECTION: In the Federal

Register issue of June 18, 1998, in FR

Doc. 98–16268, on page 33352, in the

second column, correct the Date to read:

DATES: Completed applications will be

accepted through 5:00 pm Eastern

Daylight Time on August 31, 1998.

Target award date is anticipated to be

January 4, 1999.

On page 33354, first column, correct

the Selection Schedule paragraph to

read:

SELECTION SCHEDULE: The

following are the approximate

milestones and dates for the selection

schedule of the cooperator:

Applications due: August 31, 1998.

Award target start date: January 4,

1999.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 98–18933 Filed 7–13–98; 3:09 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT98–80–000]

Boundary Gas, Inc.; Notice of GRI

Refund Report

July 9, 1998.

Take notice that on July 6, 1998,

Boundary Gas, Inc. (Boundary) tendered

for filing a refund report reflecting the

flowthrough of the Gas Research

Institute (GRI) refund received by

Boundary on May 29, 1998.

Boundary states that it has calculated

refunds proportionally for its firm

customers of non-discounted service

based on the GRI surcharges those

customers paid during calendar year

1997. Boundary states that it mailed

each customer a check for its portion of

the refund on or about July 2, 1998.

Boundary also states that copies of

this filing were served upon each of

Boundary’s affected customers and the

state commissions of New York,

Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

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, NE., Washington, DC

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 on or before July 16, 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies
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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. 98–18791 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–343–000]

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

July 9, 1998.

Take notice that on July 2, 1998,

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners

(DIGP) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

the following tariff sheets, to become

effective August 1, 1998:

First Revised Sheet No. 217

First Revised Sheet No. 226

DIGP states that the modifications to

the listed tariff sheets are proposed to

comply with the requirements of Order

587–G, issued by the FERC on April 16,

1998.

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. 98–18808 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–325–000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Filing

July 9, 1998.

Take notice that on July 1, 1998

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

(Eastern Shore) tendered a filing to

terminate its Account No. 191—

Unrecovered Purchased Gas Costs as of

October 31, 1997, and to refund/

surcharge the balance in such account to

its customers as necessary. Eastern

Shore states that such termination is the

result of Eastern Shore’s conversion to

a Part 284 open access transportation

pipeline and the implementation of its

new open access FERC Gas Tariff on

November 1, 1997, (See 81 FERC

¶ 61,013 (1998)).

Eastern Shore states that Section 38—

Transition Cost Recovery Mechanism, of

the General Terms and Conditions (‘‘GT

& C’’) of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, effective

November 1, 1997, provides for the

recovery of costs incurred as a result of

implementing, in connection with

implementing, or attributable to the

requirements of the Commission’s Order

No. 636, such costs being referred to as

‘‘transition costs’’. Eastern Shore states

that the Commission identified from

specific types of transition costs: (1)

Account No. 191 costs; (2) Gas Supply

Realignment Costs; (3) Stranded Costs;

and (4) certain new facilities. Eastern

Shore states that this filing, however,

pertains only to the first category

described above, Account No. 191 costs.

Eastern Shore further states that

Section 38(a) of the CT & C permits

Eastern Shore to direct bill a customer,

in the case of a positive (debit) Account

No. 191 balance, or refund a customer,

in the case of a negative (credit)

Account No 191 balance, that

customer’s share of the total

unrecovered costs contained in Eastern

Shore’s Account No. 191. The portion of

unrecovered costs that relate to demand

shall be allocated on the basis of each

particular customer’s contract demand

quantity under Eastern Shore’s former

CD–1 or CD–E rate schedule in effect on

October 31, 1997, the day prior to the

implementation of open access on

Eastern Shore’s system. The portion of

unrecovered costs that relate to

commodity shall be allocated on the

basis of each particular customer’s

commodity purchases under Eastern

Shore’s former CD–1 or CD–E rate

schedules for the period November 1,

1996 through October 31, 1997, the

twelve immediately preceding the

implementation of open access on

Eastern Shore’s system.

Finally, Eastern Shore states that it

intends to distribute refunds or direct

bill surcharges on September 1, 1998,

and has calculated the appropriate

carrying charges through such date.

Eastern Shore states that copies of the

filing have been served upon its affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

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 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed on or before July 14, 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 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. 98–18803 Filed 7–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–287–020]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

July 9, 1998.

Take notice that on July 1, 1998, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso)

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1–A, the following tariff

sheets, to become effective July 1, 1998:

Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 30

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 31

El Paso states that the above tariff

sheets are being filed to implement four

negotiated rate contracts pursuant to the

Commission’s Statement of Policy on

Alternatives to Traditional Cost-ofService Ratemaking for Natural Gas

Pipelines and Regulation of Negotiated

Transportation Services of Natural Gas

Pipelines issued January 31, 1996 at