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White may be telephoned at (202) 254–

5327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

2. FERC–1

3. 1902–0021

4. Annual Report of Major Electric

Utilities, Licensees and Others

5. Extension

6. Annually

7. Mandatory

8. Business or other for-profit

9. 193 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 1,217 hours per response

12. 234,881 annual responses

13. This comprehensive financial and

operating report is needed by the

Commission to carry out its regulatory

responsibilities under the Federal

Power Act and PURPA. It is to be

used to establish rates in rate

proceedings, in formal investigations,

financial audits, and in the

continuous review of the final

conditions of the regulated utilities.

The second energy information

collection submitted to OMB for review

was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

2. FERC–1F

3. 1902–0029

4. Annual Report of Nonmajor Electric

Utilities and Licensees

5. Extension

6. Annually

7. Mandatory

8. Business or other for-profit

9. 17 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 32 hours per response

12. 544 annual responses

13. This comprehensive financial and

operating report is needed by the

Commission to carry out its regulatory

responsibilities under the Federal

Power Act and PURPA. It is to be

used to establish rates in rate

proceedings, in formal investigations,

financial audits, and in the

continuous review of the final

conditions of the regulated utilities.

The third energy information

collection submitted to OMB for review

was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

2. FERC–537

3. 1902–0060

4. Gas Pipeline Certificates:

Construction, Acquisition and

Abandonment

5. Extension

6. Annually

7. Mandatory

8. Business or other for-profit

9. 50 respondents

10. 11.6 responses

11. 252 hours per response

12. 146,160 annual responses

13. This data is necessary to evaluate

the feasibility of: certificate

applications to construct and operate

gas pipeline facilities; the acquisition

of pipeline facilities and service; and

the abandonment of facilities and

service. The data include information

on engineering and capacity design,

marketing and cost information,

environmental and locational data

necessary to determine economic

feasibility and public interest.

The fourth energy information

collection submitted to OMB for review

was:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

2. FERC–566

3. 1902–0114

4. Annual Report of a Utility’s Largest

Purchasers

5. Extension

6. Annually

7. Mandatory

8. Business or other for-profit

9. 175 respondents

10. 1 response

11. 6 hours per response

12. 1,050 annual responses

13. Information from FERC–566 enables

the Commission to exercise its

interlocking position oversight and

enforcement responsibilities under

Section 305 of the Federal Power Act

to identify large purchasers of electric

energy and possible conflicts of

interest.

Statutory Authority: Sec. 2(a) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, (Pub. L.

No. 96–511), which amended Chapter 35 of

Title 44 United States Code (See 44 U.S.C.

3506 (a) and (c)(1).

Issued in Washington, DC, May 2, 1995.

Douglas R. Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Statistical

Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–11267 Filed 5–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Forms RW–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data,’’

and RW–859S, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data

Supplement’’

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed revision to

the Form RW–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data,’’

and solicitation of comments on

proposed new supplemental schedule,

RW–859S, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data

Supplement.’’

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA), as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and response burden as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, is

providing the general public and other

Federal agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed revisions to the

Form RW–859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data,’’

and implementation of a new, five-year

supplemental schedule, RW–859S,

‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Supplement.’’ By

doing so, the EIA seeks to ensure that

requested data is provided in the

desired format, reporting burden is

minimized, reporting forms are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents is properly

assessed.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by no later than June 7, 1995.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below of your

intention to do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms.

Kathy Gibbard, Program Manager,

Forms RW–859 and RW–859S, U.S.

Department of Energy, Energy

Information Administration (EI–531),

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington DC 20585, (202)254–5559.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the forms and instructions

should be directed to Ms. Gibbard at the

address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

as amended (NWPA), 42 U.S.C. 10101 et

seq., requires that the Secretary develop

and implement programs to dispose of

spent nuclear fuel. The Office of

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

(OCRWM) uses the information from

Form RW–859 to understand and

explore the specific requirements of

developing and conducting programs to

effectuate the purposes of the NWPA.

The EIA administers the Form RW–

859, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data’’, which is used

to collect data from owners of

commercial nuclear power plants and

owners and caretakers of spent nuclear

fuel. The Federal Energy Administration

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.)

authorizes the EIA to collect data. The

current Form RW–859 collects data on
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every fuel assembly discharged from

domestic commercial nuclear reactors,

spent fuel projected to be discharged,

and spent fuel storage pool inventories

and capacities. The form has been

approved through December 31, 1997.

Major revisions to Form RW–859

necessitate that the proposed form and

new supplemental schedule be

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB).

II. Current Actions

This notice is to solicit comments on

proposed revisions to Form RW–859

and corresponding instructions. The

extension request to OMB will be

through December 31, 1998. The DOE is

proposing to reduce the content of the

Form RW–859 survey to only collect

data elements that require annual

update. Data that are not subject to

annual revision will be collected every

five years on a new Form RW–859S

supplementary survey form. A summary

of the proposed changes follows.

The following items will no longer be

collected on the survey:

• Capacity data other than licensed

capacity and current usable capacity

• Temporarily discharged fuel (all

discharged fuel will now be designated

as permanently discharged) and changes

in assembly status

• Cross-reference assembly identifiers

including American National Standard

Institute (ANSI) identifier and fuel

fabricator assembly identifiers

• Data on reconstituted fuel.

The following items will no longer be

collected annually on the Form RW–859

survey, but will be collected once every

five years on the Form RW–859S survey

supplement:

• Dates not subject to annual revision

(license renewal, reactor retirement,

etc.)

• Cask-handling data

• Specific data on canisters and their

contents

• Nonfuel components data.

The following items have been added

to the annual Form RW–859 survey:

• Questions on quality assurance

procedures and traceability

• Assembly-specific information on

initial uranium content, initial

enrichment, and burnup

• Current cycle start date.

The following will now be collected

on the five-year Form RW–859S

supplement:

• Reactor information including type,

nuclear steam system supplier, design

type, operational status, location, and

rating

• Pool site configuration

• Crane data including capacity,

limiting factors, dimensions, and

clearance

• Site specific access and

configuration data for the receiving/

upending area, cask handling area, pool

cask loading area, and set-down

platform area

• Transportation data including

information on on-site roads, rail, and

barge

• Historical assembly-specific data

not previously reported.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the proposed revisions to the form and

instructions and proposed supplement.

The following general guidelines are

provided to assist in the preparation of

responses.

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Can the data be submitted using the

definitions included in the instructions?

C. Can data be submitted within the

response time specified in the

instructions?

D. Public reporting burden for the

annual Form RW–859 data collection is

estimated to average 40 hours per

response. Public reporting burden for

the five year Form RW–859S

supplement is estimated to be 100 hours

for the initial data collection and 20

hours for subsequent data collections.

How much time, including time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

reviewing the collection of information

do you estimate it will require you to

complete and submit the required

forms?

E. What is the estimated cost of

completing these forms, including the

direct and indirect costs associated with

the data collection? Direct costs should

include all costs, such as administrative

cost, directly attributable to providing

this information.

F. How can the forms be improved?

G. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify this

agency, the data element(s), and the

means of collection.

As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the level of

detail indicated on the forms?

B. For what purpose would you use

the data? Be specific.

C. How could the forms be improved

to better meet your specific need?

D. Are there alternate sources of data

and do you use them? What are their

strengths and/or weaknesses?

EIA is also interested in receiving

comments from persons regarding their

views on the need for the information

contained in the Form RW–859,

‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data,’’ and the Form RW–

859S, ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Supplement.’’

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the requests for OMB

approval of the forms; they also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Sections 5(a), 5(b),

13(b), and 52 of Public Law 93–275, Federal

Energy Administration Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C.

764(a), 764(b), 772(b) and 790a.

Issued in Washington, DC May 1, 1995.

Douglas R. Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Statistical

Standards, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–11266 Filed 5–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP95–257–000]

Equitrans, Inc.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 2, 1995.

Take notice that on April 28, 1995,

Equitrans, Inc. (Equitrans) tendered for

filing to become part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the

proposed tariff sheets:

Second Revised Sheet No. 1

Original Sheet No. 71

Original Sheet No. 72

Original Sheet No. 73

Original Sheet No. 74

Original Sheet No. 75

Original Sheet No. 76

Original Sheet Nos. 77–199

Second Revised Sheet No. 203A

First Revised Sheet No. 215

First Revised Sheet No. 216

First Revised Sheet No. 228

First Revised Sheet No. 229

First Revised Sheet No. 236

First Revised Sheet No. 238

Second Revised Sheet No. 253

Second Revised Sheet No. 264

Original Sheet No. 357

Original Sheet No. 358

Original Sheet No. 359

Original Sheet No. 360

Original Sheet Nos. 361–399

Equitrans requests that the

Commission accept the tariff sheets set

forth above by June 1, 1995, and

suspend the tariff sheets for two

months. Equitrans states that it will

move to put the tariff sheets into effect

no later than August 1, 1995, after it has

completed the electronic and

administrative modifications necessary

to implement its Appalachian Pooling

Service.