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productivity information directly from

MSHA. The EIA will evaluate the

accuracy of the data reported to EIA for

MSHA production versus the data

reported directly to MSHA at the end of

the first annual collection cycle. If the

EIA deems the data to be comparable, in

subsequent years data will come

directly from MSHA.

The collection of coal price

information on the Form EIA–7A, which

is currently accomplished using the

same data elements gathered to

calculate coal production, will be

preserved by reformatting the survey to

request information on open market coal

sales and revenues, as well as

information on captive market coal sales

and transfers, and corresponding value.

Information on the amount of coal

consumed at the reporting facility will

also be retained as a separate data

element. The collection of data on

projected production during the next

year will be eliminated.

The EIA also proposes to modify the

reporting requirements for the Form

EIA–7A. For Calendar Years beginning

after 1997, mines producing less than

10,000 short tons annually, and standalong preparation plants recording

fewer than 5,000 person hours annually,

will no longer be required to submit the

Form EIA–7A. Firms in the coal

industry are sent the survey materials

and those meeting the thresholds must

file.

Form EIA–20

The Form EIA–20 is a Standby survey

that was developed to collect weekly

information on electric utility coal

consumption and coal stocks in the

event of a coal supply disruption. The

Instructions for this Survey currently

include an Appendix specifying a

formula for estimating the number of

days the reporting facility could

continue to operate by burning the coal

on hand at the end of the reporting

period (i.e., burn days). The EIA

proposes to delete this Appendix and to

amend the Instructions to request that

respondents calculate burn days in

accordance with their customary

operating practices.

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. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency and 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. The estimated public reporting

burden for each of the surveys included

in the Coal Program Package is shown

in the following Table.

Survey(s)

Estimated hours per

response

Current Proposed

EIA–1, EIA–4, and

EIA–20 ................. 1.0 1.0

EIA–3 ...................... .4 .4

EIA–5 ...................... .9 .9

EIA–3A and EIA–5A 1.0 1.0

EIA–6A .................... 5.0 5.0

EIA–6, Schedule Q .5 .5

EIA–7A .................... 1.0 .75

Burden includes the total time, effort,

or financial resources expended to

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

provide the information. The Forms

EIA–1, 4, 6 (Schedule Q), and 20 are

Standby surveys. The above estimates

reflect the anticipated burden per

response in the event these surveys are

implemented.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of the

collection of information, including the

use of information technology.

D. EIA estimates that respondents will

incur no additional costs for reporting

other than the hours required to

complete the collection. What is the

estimated: (1) total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operation and maintenance, and

purchase of services associated with this

data collection?

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 form?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. Are there alternate sources of data

and 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, D.C. July 24, 1998.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–20377 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP89–161–036]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Refund Report

July 23, 1998.

Take notice that on July 17, 1998,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR),

tendered for filing, a report of refunds

paid to customers.

The refunds relate to ANR’s Interim

Sales Program for the period November

1, 1992 through October 31, 1993. The

Commission issued an order on March

12, 1998 in the referenced proceeding

which required ANR to file its Third

Reconciliation Report on the Interim

Sales Program. Such report, which

detailed additional refunds to customers

of revenues collected in excess of gas

costs, was subsequently accepted by the

Commission in a letter order dated June

12, 1998. Accordingly, on June 17, 1998,

ANR states that it refunded to eligible

customers $7,557,718, consisting of

principal amounts totaling $5,251,258

and interest of $2,306,460.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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 on or before July 29, 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public
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inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20326 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT98–85–000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Refund

Report

July 24, 1998.

Take notice that on July 16, 1998,

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) filed a Report

summarizing the refunds of GRI over

collections which were credited to the

July billing invoices of Equitrans’

customers.

Equitrans states that on May 29, 1998

it received a refund from GRI of

$231,022 for collections in excess of

105% of Equitrans 1997 GRI funding

level. Equitrans states that it credited

this amount to its eligible firm

customers in billing invoices which

were mailed out on July 15, 1998. The

credits were allocated to Equitrans

eligible firm customers pro-rata based

on GRI rate collections during the 1997

billing year.

Equitrans states that a copy of its

report has been 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 on or before July 31, 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. 98–20323 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–12–29–001]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing

July 24, 1998.

Take notice that on July 17, 1998,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing to become part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1,

Substitute Fifteenth Revised Tariff Sheet

No. 50. The proposed effective date of

the revised tariff sheet is July 1, 1998.

Transco states that the purpose of the

instant filing is to supplement Transco’s

FT–NT Tracker filing of July 2, 1998 in

Docket No. TM98–12–29–000 (July 2

Filing), which filing inadvertently

neglected to revise the July 1, 1998

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Texas Gas) commodity rates. In order to

reflect the correct FT–NT commodity

rates, Transco is submitting Substitute

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 50 to

replace the tariff sheet effective July 1,

1998 in the July 2 filing.

Transco states that copies of the

instant filing are being mailed to

affected customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Washington, DC 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

to determine 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20324 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97–71–010 and RP97–312–

005]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 24, 1998.

Take notice that on July 20, 1998

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Third Revised Volume No. 1, certain

revised tariff sheets, which tariff sheets

are enumerated in Appendix B attached

to the filing.

Transco states that the purpose of the

instant compliance filing is to reflect the

rate and tariff provisions reflected in the

pro forma tariff sheets accompanying

the Stipulation and Agreement in

Docket Nos. RP97–71 and RP97–312

approved by the Commission on June

12, 1998 (June 12 Order). In addition to

the foregoing, included in the filing are

tariff sheets proposed to be effective

January 1, April 1, and August 1, 1998,

which reflect the settlement rates

approved by the June 12 Order updated

to incorporate approved tracker filings

made subsequent to the date the

Agreement was filed (i.e. subsequent to

January 20, 1998).

Transco states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to all parties in Docket

Nos. RP97–71 and RP97–312 and

interested State 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

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20325 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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