Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 17, 1995 / Notices 26433

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate and/or permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are required by the public convenience

and necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

G. 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

§ 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protest is filed and not withdrawn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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12123 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 11417–001 Alaska]

David Ausman and Associates; Notice

of Surrender of Preliminary Permit

May 11, 1995.

Take notice that David Ausman and

Associates, Permittee for the Snyder

Falls Creek Project No. 11417, has

requested that its preliminary permit be

terminated. The preliminary permit for

Project No. 11417 was issued December

28, 1993, and would have expired

November 30, 1996. The project would

have been located on Snyder Falls

Creek, near Cordova, Alaska.

The Permittee filed the request on

May 3, 1995, and the preliminary permit

for Project No. 11417 shall remain in

effect through the thirtieth day after

issuance of this notice unless that day

is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday as

described in 18 CFR 385.2007, in which

case the permit shall remain in effect

through the first business day following

that day. New applications involving

this project site, to the extent provided

for under 18 CFR Part 4, may be filed

on the next business day.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12058 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Western Area Power Administration

Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest

Intertie Project—Notice of Order

Confirming and Approving an

Extension of the Existing Step One

Firm and Nonfirm Transmission

Service Rate

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice is given of Rate Order

No. WAPA–69 extending until October

1, 1996, Rate Schedules INT–FT1 and

INT–NFT1 for firm and nonfirm

transmission service over the Western

Area Power Administration (Western)

Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest

Intertie Project (AC Intertie)

transmission system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. J. Tyler Carlson, Area Manager,

Phoenix Area Office, Western Area

Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005, (602) 352–2521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By

Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order

No. 0204–108, published November 10,

1993 (58 FR 59716), the Secretary of

Energy delegated (1) the authority to

develop long term power and

transmission rates on a nonexclusive

basis to the Administrator of Western;

(2) the authority to confirm, approve,

and place such rates in effect on an

interim basis to the Deputy Secretary;

and (3) the authority to confirm,

approve, and place into effect on a final

basis, to remand, or to disapprove such

rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC). Existing

Department Of Energy (DOE) procedures

for public participation in rate

adjustments (10 CFR Part 903) became

effective on September 18, 1985 (50 FR

37837). Pursuant to Delegation Order

No. 0204–108, FERC, in the order issued

March 24, 1994, in Docket No. EF93–

5191–000, confirmed and approved Rate

Schedules INT–FT1 and INT–NFT1 for

firm and nonfirm transmission service

by the AC Intertie administered by

Western’s Phoenix Area Office (66 FERC

¶ 62,180). The existing step one rate was

approved for the period August 1, 1993,

through September 30, 1995. The

existing step two rate was approved for

the period October 1, 1995, through July

31, 1998.

The existing step two rates were to be

automatically implemented on October

1, 1995. However, Western will not

implement the existing step two rates at

this time. A Stipulation Agreement was

executed by Western and the customers

and filed with FERC on December 28,

1993, agreeing to re-examine the issues

from the last rate adjustment. In

addition to re-examining these issues,

Western is also investigating different

rate design alternatives since two new

transmission line segments will be

energized on January 1, 1996. Western

needs additional time for resolution of

these issues along with current

customer issues. Therefore, Western

proposes to extend the existing step one

AC Intertie transmission service rates

until October 1, 1996. During this time,

Western will be holding a series of

public meetings with the AC Intertie

customers.

The purpose of Rate Order No.

WAPA–69 is to extend Rate Schedules

INT–FT1 and INT–NFT1 until October

1, 1996, to allow time for the

coordination and resolution of these

issues and other rate adjustment

processes.

Issued in Washington, DC, April 28, 1995.

Bill White,

Deputy Secretary.

Rate Order No. WAPA–69

In the matter of: Western Area Power

Administration, Rate Adjustment for Phoenix

Area Office AC Intertie Project

Order Confirming and Approving an

Extension of the AC Intertie Project Firm and

Nonfirm Transmission Service Rate

April 28, 1995.

Transmission rates for the Pacific

Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project

(AC Intertie) are established pursuant to the

Department of Energy Organization Act (42

U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and the Reclamation Act

of 1902 (32 Stat. 388 et seq.), as amended and

supplemented by subsequent enactments,

particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)), and

section 8 of the Act of August 31, 1964 (16

U.S.C. 837g), and other acts specifically

applicable to the project system involved,

were transferred to and vested in the

Secretary of Energy (Secretary).

By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation Order

No. 0204–108, published November 10, 1993

(58 FR 59716), the Secretary delegated (1) the

authority to develop long term power and

transmission rates on a nonexclusive basis to

the Administrator of Western; (2) the

authority to confirm, approve, and place such

rates in effect on an interim basis to the

Deputy Secretary; and (3) the authority to
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confirm, approve, and place into effect on a

final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such

rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC). Existing the Department

of Energy (DOE) procedures for public

participation in rate adjustments (10 CFR

Part 903) became effective on September 18,

1985 (50 FR 37837). This rate extension is

issued pursuant to the Delegation Order and

the rate extension procedures in 10 CFR Part

903. FERC is not required to confirm and

approve this rate extension by reason of 10

CFR Part 903.23(b), which states that existing

rates may be extended on a temporary basis

by the Deputy Secretary.

Background

Pursuant to Delegation Order No. 0204–

108, FERC, in the order issued July 14, 1993,

in Docket No. EF93–4151–000, confirmed

and approved Rate Schedule INT–FT1 for

firm transmission service and INT–NFT1 for

nonfirm transmission service in the AC

Intertie administered by Western’s Phoenix

Area Office (PAO). The step one and step two

rates were approved for the period from

August 1, 1993, through July 31, 1998.

Discussion

On July 14, 1993, the Acting Assistant

Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy of DOE, approved the

existing rates on an interim basis for firm and

nonfirm transmission service. The existing

step one and step two rates for firm and

nonfirm transmission service were placed in

effect on August 1, 1993. Step one of the firm

transmission service rate was approved to be

in effect through September 30, 1995, and

step two of the existing rates was to become

effective on October 1, 1995, and continue

through July 31, 1998. The FERC confirmed

and approved the rates on a final basis for

both firm and nonfirm transmission service

on March 24, 1994.

During the last AC Intertie rate adjustment

process (WAPA–56), the Colorado River

Commission of Nevada, the Arizona Power

Authority, the Arizona Subcontractor Group,

the Arizona Power Pooling Association, Inc.,

and Salt River Project Agricultural

Improvement and Power District filed

Motions to Intervene and Protest FERC’s

confirmation and approval of the AC Intertie

rates described in Rate Order No. WAPA–56,

in Docket No. EF93–4191–000. On December

28, 1993, Western filed a Stipulation

Agreement signed by Western and these

customers in which the intervenors withdrew

their protests and Western agreed to reexamine the issues raised as well as

commence a new rate adjustment process

during fiscal year 1995.

Western proposes to extend the existing

step one AC Intertie transmission service

rates until October 1, 1996. Western is

investigating different rate design alternatives

since two new transmission line segments

will be energized on January 1, 1996.

Western needs additional time for resolution

of these issues along with current customer

issues. Even though it is anticipated that the

firm transmission service rate adjustment

will be placed in effect by December 31,

1995, the extension of the existing step one

AC Intertie firm and nonfirm transmission

service rates is through March 1, 1996, to

allow for flexibility in the upcoming rate

adjustment process. During this time,

Western will be holding a series of public

meetings with AC Intertie customers.

Order

In view of the foregoing and pursuant to

the authority delegated to me by the

Secretary, I hereby confirm and approve for

a period effective October 1, 1995, until

October 1, 1996, the existing step one Rate

Schedules INT–FT1 and INT–NFT1 for firm

and nonfirm transmission service over the

AC Intertie transmission system.

Issued in Washington, DC, April 28, 1995.

Bill White,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12037 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PP 3G4263/T672; FRL 4948–7]

Fipronil; Establishment of a Temporary

Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has established a

temporary tolerance for the combined

residues of the insecticide fipronil and

its metabolites in or on the raw

agricultural commodity field corn grain

at 0.02 part per million (ppm).

DATES: This temporary tolerance expires

March 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Richard Keigwin, Product

Manager (PM) 10, Registration Division

(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. 713, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

7618; e-mail:

keigwin.rick@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RhonePoulenc AG Company, P.O. Box 12014,

2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research

Triangle Park, N.C. 27709, has requested

in pesticide petition (PP) 3G4263, the

establishment of a temporary tolerance

for the combined residues of the

insecticide fipronil (5-amino-3-cyano-1-

(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-

4-trifluoromethylsulphinyl pyrazole or

its metabolites MB 46136 5-amino-3-

cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-

trifluoromethylphenyl)-4-

trifluoromethylsulphonyl pyrazole or

MB 45950 5-amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-

dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4-

trifluoromethylthiopyrazole in or on the

raw agricultural commodity field corn

grain at 0.02 part per million (ppm).

This temporary tolerance will permit

the marketing of the above raw

agricultural commodity when treated in

accordance with the provisions of the

experimental use permit 264–EUP–95,

which is being issued under the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA), as amended (Pub. L. 95–

396, 92 Stat. 819; 7 U.S.C. 136).

The scientific data reported and other

relevant material were evaluated, and it

was determined that establishment of

the temporary tolerance will protect the

public health. Therefore, the temporary

tolerance has been established on the

condition that the pesticide be used in

accordance with the experimental use

permit and with the following

provisions:

1. The total amount of the active

ingredient to be used must not exceed

the quantity authorized by the

experimental use permit.

2. Rhone-Poulenc AG Co., must

immediately notify the EPA of any

findings from the experimental use that

have a bearing on safety. The company

must also keep records of production,

distribution, and performance and on

request make the records available to

any authorized officer or employee of

the EPA or the Food and Drug

Administration.

This tolerance expires March 28,

1996. Residues not in excess of this

amounts remaining in or on the raw

agricultural commodity after this

expiration date will not be considered

actionable if the pesticide is legally

applied during the term of, and in

accordance with, the provisions of the

experimental use permit and temporary

tolerance. This tolerance may be

revoked if the experimental use permit

is revoked or if any experience with or

scientific data on this pesticide indicate

that such revocation is necessary to

protect the public health.

The Office of Management and Budget

has exempted this notice from the

requirement of section 3 of Executive

Order 12866.

Pursuant to the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–

354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601–612),

the Administrator has determined that

regulations establishing new tolerances

or raising tolerance levels or

establishing exemptions from tolerance

requirements do not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. A certification

statement to this effect was published in

the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46

FR 24950).

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a(j).