Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 139 /Tuesday, July 21, 1998 / Notices 39083

The natural gas companies file the

necessary information with the

Commission so that a determination can

be made from the data as to whether the

requested certificate should be

authorized. The data required to be

submitted consists of identification of

the company and responsible officials,

factors considered in the location of the

facilities, and impact on the area for

environmental considerations. Also, to

be submitted are flow diagrams showing

design capacity of engineering design

verification and safety determination,

and gas reserves data for appraisal of the

feasibility of the project. Market data

presenting the economic basis for the

proposed action are included when

appropriate as cost of proposed

facilities, plans for financing, and

estimated revenues and expenses

related to the proposed facility for

financial and accounting evaluation.

The Commission implements these

information collection requirements in

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

under 18 CFR Part 2.69; 157.5–11;

157.13–.21; 157.102–.103; 157.106;

157.201–.208; 157.210–.218; 284.8–.9;

284.11; 284.126; 284.221–.224; Part 284

Subpart H.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

No. of respondents annually

No. of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total annual burden

hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3)

50 ................................................................................................................. 11.6 252 hours ........................... 146,160 hours.

Estimated cost burdens to

respondents: 141,160 hours divided by

2088 hours per year times $109,889

equals $7,429,086. The cost per

respondent is equal to $148,582.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) reviewing instructions; (2)

developing, acquiring, installing, and

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 base upon salaries for professionals

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. 98–19336 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–3602–000]

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation; Notice of Filing

July 8, 1998.

Take notice that on July 2, 1998,

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation (Central Hudson), tendered

for filing proposed amendments to the

Form of Service Agreement For Retail

Access of its Open Access Transmission

Tariff on file in Docket No. OA96–14–

000 to implement retail access to its

system as required by orders of the New

York Public Service Commission. The

details of the proposed amendments are

more fully described in Central

Hudson’s filing.

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, NE., Washington, DC 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 July

22, 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. 98–19367 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–343–001]

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

July 15, 1998.

Take notice that on July 13, 1998,

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners

(DIGP) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

the tariff sheet listed below to become

effective August 1, 1998:

First Revised Sheet No. 226

DIGP states that this tariff sheet

corrects a pagination error included in

DIGP’s July 2, 1998, filing to comply

with Order No. 587–G.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19340 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–352–000]

MIGC, Inc.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 15, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

MIGC, Inc. (MIGC) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

to be effective August 1, 1998:

Third Revised Sheet No. 51

Third Revised Sheet No. 52

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 56

Third Revised Sheet No. 57

Third Revised Sheet No. 64

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 65

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 66

Third Revised Sheet No. 76

Third Revised Sheet No. 84

Third Revised Sheet No. 85

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 90

Second Revised Sheet No. 90A

MIGC states that the purpose of this

filing is to conform MIGC’s First

Revised Volume No. 1 tariff to the

requirements of Order No. 587–G that

interstate pipelines transporting

pursuant to Section 284.223 of the

Commission’s regulations conform their

tariff to include Version 1.2 of the GISB

standards.

MIGC states that copies of the filing

were served on its 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, 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 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19341 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–658–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 15, 1998.

Take notice that on July 8, 1998,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed in

Docket No. CP98–658–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, and

157.212, of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for

authorization to construct and operate a

new delivery point and appurtenant

facilities to be located in Lake County,

South Dakota under Northern’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

401–000 pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Northern states that it requests

authority to construct and operate the

delivery point to accommodate natural

gas deliveries to Northwestern Public

Service Company (NPSC). Northern

states that NWPS has requested the

delivery point to provide service to the

Lake Madison town border station for

redelivery to residential and commercial

endusers. The estimated incremental

volumes proposed to be delivered to

NWPS at this delivery point are 2,480

MMBtu on a peak day and 88,600

MMBtu on an annual basis. The

estimated cost to install the delivery

point is $100,000. NWPS will

reimburse, Northern for the total cost of

constructing the proposed delivery

point.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention 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 activity 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

within 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19335 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–103–001]

OkTex Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 15, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

OkTex Pipeline Company (OkTex),

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets, with an effective

date of August 1, 1998:

Original sheet No. 26A

Original Sheet No. 30A

OkTex states that the additional tariff

sheets are being filed in compliance

with the Commission’s directives in

Order No. 587–G.

OkTex states that the tariff sheets

reflect the changes to OkTex’s tariff that

result from the Gas Industry Standards

Board’s (GISB) consensus standards that

were adopted by the Commission in its

April 16, 1998 Order No. 587–G in

Docket No. RM96–1–007. OkTex further

states that Order No. 587–G

contemplates that OkTex will

implement the GISB consensus

standards for August 1998 business, and

that the tariff sheets therefore reflect an

effective date of August 1, 1998.

OkTex states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all affected

customers and state regulatory

commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and