Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 42 / Friday, March 3, 1995 / Notices 11961

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Survey of Effects of Changes in

Pell Grant Eligibility Rules and

Survey of Why Pell Grants Are Not

Used.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 1,520.

Burden Hours: 469.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: This study will examine the

effects of passage of 1992 Higher

Education Amendments on (1) the

educational behavior of

postsecondary students, particularly

those who experienced decreased Pell

Grant eligibility as a result of the rule

change and (2) the reasons why Pell

applicants with an eligible PGI never

use their awards.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Annual Report on PostEmployment Services and Annual

Reviews.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 81.

Burden Hours: 89.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)

Form RSA–62 is used to monitor three

post closure activities: (a) the

provision of post employment

services to help rehabilitated persons

to maintain or regain employment; (b)

review of ineligibility determinations

to see if an applicant can benefit from

VR; and (c) review of non-competitive

placements to see if the client can

now work in the competitive labor

market. The Department will use the

information to report to Congress.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Application and Continuation

Application, Reports, and

Recordkeeping for the National

Science Scholars Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government;

State, Local or Tribal Governments.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 19,467.

Burden Hours: 266,945.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: Individuals apply for Federal

scholarships under the National

Science Scholars Program in which

the Department uses the information

to make grant awards. State

nominating committees use the

information to evaluate the

applications and nominate scholars.

Institutions use the forms to apply for

continuation awards for continuing

scholars and to report on the status of

the program.

[FR Doc. 95–5258 Filed 3–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Proposed Information Collection

Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: An expedited review has been

requested in accordance with the Act,

since allowing for the normal review

period would adversely affect the public

interest. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by April 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street NW., room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill, (202) 708–9915.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and persons

an early opportunity to comment on

information collection requests. OMB

may amend or waive the requirement

for public consultation to the extent that

public participation in the approval

process would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations.

The Director, Information Resources

Group, publishes this notice with the

attached proposed information

collection request prior to submission of

this request to OMB. This notice

contains the following information: (1)

Type of review requested, e.g.,

expedited; (2) Title; (3) Abstract; (4)

Additional Information; (5) Frequency

of collection; (6) Affected public; and (7)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. Because an expedited review is

requested, a description of the

information to be collected is also

included as an attachment to this notice.

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Bilingual and Minority

Languages Affairs

Type of Review: Expedited.

Title: Verification of Title VII Funded

Grant Applications.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 1,239.

Burden Hours: 228.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: This verification task will

collect information on FY 1994 Title

VII funded projects. The collection

will provide data on actual, as

opposed to proposed, services

provided. Project directors for all FY

1994 Part A and Part C Title VII

funded projects will be contacted by

telephone.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested for April 1, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to implement the program before the

start of the new year.

[FR Doc. 95–5259 Filed 3–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Proposed Wholesale Power and

Transmission Rates, Pacific Northwest

Coordinating Agreement Rates, and

Transmission Terms and Conditions

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Additional

Prehearing/Settlement Conference.

SUMMARY: BPA File No: WP–95, TR–95,

TC–95. On December 28, 1994,

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

published a Notice of Intent to Revise

Transmission Rates, 59 F.R. 66946 and

Notice of Intent to Revise Wholesale

Power Rates, 59 F.R. 66947.

Subsequently, BPA also published

Federal Register Notices of Proposed

Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment, 60

F.R. 8496 (February 14, 1995) , Proposed

Transmission Rate Adjustment, 60 F.R.

8505 (February 14, 1995), and Hearing

and Opportunity for Public Comment

Regarding Proposed Comparable

Transmission Terms and Conditions, 60

F.R. 8511 (February 14, 1995). The

Notices included a date for a Prehearing

Conference of February 13, 1995, but

were not published before the

Prehearing Conference. At the

Prehearing Conference held on February

13, 1995, the Hearing Officers set

another Prehearing/Settlement

Conference and established a schedule

for interventions to these proceedings,

which follows. At the March 15

Prehearing/Settlement Conference, the

Hearing Officers will act on petitions to

intervene.

DATES: The Prehearing/Settlement

Conference will be held before the

Hearing Officers at 9 a.m. on March 15,

1995 in the BPA Rates Hearing Room,

3rd Level, 2032 Lloyd Center, Portland,

Oregon. Registration for the Prehearing/

Settlement Conference will begin at 8:30

a.m. The Hearing Officers will act on all

intervention petitions and oppositions

to intervention petitions, rule on any

motions, establish a service list,

establish a procedural schedule, and

consolidate parties with similar

interests for purposes of filing jointly

sponsored testimony and briefs, and for

expediting any necessary cross

examination. A notice of the dates and

times of any hearings will be mailed to

all parties of record. Objections to

orders made by the Hearing Officer at

the Prehearing Conference must be

made in person or through a

representative at the Prehearing

Conference.

The Prehearing/Settlement

Conference for wholesale power and

transmission rates will be held at the

same time and place as the Prehearing/

Settlement Conference for the

Transmission Terms and Conditions.

BPA’s present intent is for the Hearing

Officer for the Transmission Terms and

Conditions Proceeding to be other than

the Hearings Officer presiding over

BPA’s 1995 Power and Transmission

Rate Proceeding. However, it also is

BPA’s intent to merge as much as

possible the schedules and records for

these two proceedings in order to

address common transmission issues

efficiently. At the Prehearing/Settlement

conference, BPA may move to

consolidate common transmission

issues.

Persons wishing to become a formal

‘‘party’’ to the proceedings must notify

BPA in writing of their intention to do

so in accordance with the requirements

stated in this Notice. Petitions to

intervene must be received by March 6,

1995. Persons intervening in the

wholesale power and transmission rate

proceeding who also desire to intervene

in the transmission terms and

conditions proceeding may file a single

petition which specifically identifies

both proceedings. Petitions to intervene

should be addressed as follows: Hearing

Officer, c/o Francis (Jamie) Troy,

Hearing Clerk—LQ, Bonneville Power

Administration, 905 NE. 11th Ave., P.O.

Box 12999, Portland, Oregon 97212.

In addition, a copy of the petition

must be served concurrently on BPA’s

Office of Legal Services: Janet L. Prewitt,

Bonneville Power Administration,

Office of Legal Services—LQ, 905 NE.

11th Ave., P.O. Box 3621, Portland,

Oregon 97208.

Interventions in the Terms and

Conditions Proceeding must be served

concurrently on: Stephen Larson, Office

of Legal Services—LP, Bonneville Power

Administration, 905 NE. 11th Ave., P.O.

Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208.

Persons who have been denied party

status in any past BPA rate proceeding

shall be denied party status unless they

establish a significant change of

circumstances.

BPA has determined that its initial

proposal should include a stable, 5-year

rate for most, if not all, of its

requirements service. BPA anticipates

that the work necessary to assemble

such a proposal will take until early

April of 1995. Since such a rate would

be available to purchasers for the bulk

of BPA’s firm sales, its impact on BPA’s

overall proposal is fundamental. At the

same time, in order to have sufficient

time to conduct a full rate proceeding

for the 5-year proposal, BPA must

extend its current rates for a three

month period. This extension will

require a separate proceeding.

The following schedule information is

provided for informational purposes.

The schedule included here is BPA’s

proposed schedule. The parties have

indicated a desire to attempt to settle

some issues, which may cause this

proposed schedule to change. A final

schedule will be established by the

Hearing Officer at the Prehearing

Conference.

SCHEDULE FOR NEW RATES AND

TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROCEEDING

March 6, 1995 Deadline to Petition to Intervene.

March 9, 1995 Deadline to file Oppositions

to Petitions to Intervene.

March 15,

1995.

Prehearing/Settlement Conference to set schedule

and act on Petitions to Intervene; 9:00 a.m.; BPA

Rates Hearing Room; 3rd

Level; 2032 Lloyd Center;

Portland, Oregon.

April 12, 1995 Prehearing Conference/BPA

Initial Proposal available.

May 30, 1995 . Parties file Direct Cases.

July 10, 1995 . Litigants file Rebuttal Testimony.

July 24–August 11,

1995.

Cross Examination.

August 28,

1995.

Initial Briefs filed.

September 7–

8, 1995.

Oral Argument.

September 29,

1995.

BPA Draft Rates Record of

Decision; Hearing Officer

Terms and Conditions

Recommended Decision.

October 10,

1995.

Briefs on Exceptions.

October 30,

1995.

BPA Final Record of Decision.

SCHEDULE FOR EXTENSION OF

CURRENT RATES PROCEEDING

March 6, 1995 Deadline to Petition to Intervene.

March 9, 1995 Deadline to file Oppositions

to Petitions to Intervene.

March 15,

1995.

Prehearing/Settlement Conference to set schedule

and act on Petitions to Intervene; 9:00 a.m.; BPA

Rates Hearing Room; 3rd

Level; 2032 Lloyd Center;

Portland, Oregon.

April 12, 1995 Prehearing Conference/ BPA

Initial Proposal available.

May 15, 1995 . Parties file Direct Case.

June 8, 1995 .. Litigants file Rebuttal testimony.

June 23, 1995 Cross Examination.

July 7, 1995 ... Initial Briefs Filed.

July 31, 1995 . BPA Final Record of Decision.
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The schedule for extension of current

rates assumes that the Administrator

will waive any procedural rules relating

to filing a Draft Record of Decision.

BPA also will be conducting public

field hearings. A field hearing schedule

will be announced at the Prehearing

Conference. A notice of the dates, times,

and locations of the field hearings will

be made later through a Federal

Register Notice, mailings, and public

advertising.

ADDRESSES: Written comments by

participants must be received by June

16, 1995, to be considered in the Draft

Record of Decision (ROD). Written

comments should be submitted to the

Manager, Corporate Communications—

CK; Bonneville Power Administration;

P.O. Box 12999; Portland, Oregon

97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael Hansen, Public Involvement

and Information Specialist, at the

address listed immediately above, (503)

230–4328 or call toll-free 1–800–622–

4519. Information also may be obtained

from:

Mr. Steve Hickok; Group Vice President,

Sales and Customer Service; P.O. Box

3621; Portland, OR 97232 (503–230–

5356).

Mr. George Eskridge; Manager, SE Sales

and Customer Service District; 1101

W. River, Suite 250; Boise, ID 83702

(208–334–9137).

Mr. Ken Hustad; Manager, NE Sales and

Customer Service District; Crescent

Court, Suite 500; 707 Main; Spokane,

WA 99201 (509–353–2518).

Ms. Ruth Bennett; Manager, SW Sales

and Customer Service District; 703

Broadway; Vancouver, WA 98660

(360–418–8600).

Ms. Marg Nelson; Manager, NW Sales

and Customer Service District; 201

Queen Anne Ave. N., Suite 400;

Seattle, WA 98109–1030 (206–216–

4272).

Responsible Official: Mr. Geoff

Moorman, Manager for Pricing,

Marginal Cost and Ratemaking, is the

official responsible for the development

of BPA’s rates. Mr. Dennis Metcalf, BPA

Transmission Team Lead, is the official

responsible for the development of

BPA’s transmission terms and

conditions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Background.

II. Procedures Governing Rate Adjustments

and Public Participation.

I. Background

On February 13, 1995, BPA held a

Prehearing Conference in its 1995

Wholesale Power Rates, Transmission

Rates and Transmission Terms and

Conditions Proceedings, presided over

by Hearing Officers Keith Callow and

Helen Edwards. At the time the

Prehearing Conference was held, the

Federal Register Notice announcing the

Prehearing Conference had not yet been

published in the Federal Register. Thus,

some potential parties had not had

adequate notice and opportunity to

intervene, nor had parties had

opportunity to file oppositions to

interventions.

In addition, the noticed Prehearing

Conference was intended for the

Hearing Officers to set the schedule for

the proceedings. At the Prehearing

Conference, BPA tendered its proposed

schedule, which is reprinted in this

Federal Register Notice. The parties,

however, believed that the schedule was

inadequate. As a compromise, it was

suggested that additional meetings,

including an additional on-the-record

Prehearing/Settlement Conference be

scheduled to address both scheduling

and intervention issues. The Hearing

Officers endorsed this compromise, and

the schedule for interventions and the

March 15, 1995, Prehearing/Settlement

Conference noted above is the result.

Prior to the February 13, 1995,

Prehearing Conference, BPA prepared a

Draft Service List for adoption by the

Hearing Officers, based on interventions

received by February 13. The Hearing

Officers conditionally allowed

interventions received by February 13,

subject to objections by parties filed by

March 9, 1995, as noted in the schedule

above. Additional persons wishing to

intervene may do so by filing a petition

by March 6, 1995, with service to all

parties on the Draft Service List, which

may be obtained by contacting: Francis

(Jamie) Troy, Hearing Clerk—LQ,

Bonneville Power Administration, 905

NE. 11th Ave., P.O. Box 12999,

Portland, Oregon 97212, (503) 230–

4201.

In addition, the Hearing Officers

adopted two procedural orders which

also may be obtained from Mr. Troy, the

first adopting Special Rules of Practice

for the Proceedings and the second

addressing Rules for Document

Numbering.

To aid BPA in providing the notice

required under the ex parte rules, the

Hearing Officers have ruled that each

party must provide BPA with either an

internal E-mail address or a Fax number

for service of notices. Additional parties

planning to intervene should also

provide either an internet E-mail

address or Fax number for service of

documents.

II. Procedures Governing Rate

Adjustments and Public Participation

Section 7(i) of the Northwest Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 839e(i), requires that

BPA’s rates be established according to

certain procedures. These procedures

include, among other things, issuance of

a Federal Register Notice announcing

the proposed rates; one or more

hearings; the opportunity to submit

written views, supporting information,

questions, and arguments; and a

decision by the Administrator based on

the record. This proceeding will be

governed by BPA’s rules for general rate

proceedings, § 1010.9 of BPA’s

Procedures, due to the importance and

complexity of the issues involved.

These Procedures implement the

statutory section 7(i) requirements.

Section 1010.7 of the Procedures

prohibits ex parte communications.

BPA’s Procedures distinguish

between ‘‘participants in’’ and ‘‘parties

to’’ the hearings. Apart from the formal

hearing process, BPA will receive

comments, views, opinions, and

information from ‘‘participants,’’ who

are defined in the Procedures as any

person who may express views, but who

does not petition successfully to

intervene as a party. Participants’

written comments will be made part of

the official record of the case and

considered by the Administrator. The

participant category gives the public the

opportunity to participate and have its

views considered without assuming the

obligations incumbent upon ‘‘parties.’’

Participants are not entitled to

participate in the Prehearing

Conference, cross-examine parties’

witnesses, seek discovery, or serve or be

served with documents, and are not

subject to the same procedural

requirements as parties.

Written comments by participants

will be included in the record if they are

received by June 16, 1995. This date is

anticipated to follow the submission of

BPA’s and all other parties’ direct cases.

Written views, supporting information,

questions, and arguments should be

submitted to BPA’s Manager of

Corporate Communications, at the

address listed in the Summary section

of this Notice, above. In addition, BPA

will hold several field hearings in the

Pacific Northwest Region. Participants

may appear at the field hearings and

present oral testimony. The transcripts

of these hearings will be a part of the

record upon which the Administrator

makes the rate decision.

The second category of interest is that

of a ‘‘party’’ as defined in § 1010.2 and

1010.4 of BPA’s Procedures. Parties may
11964 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 42 / Friday, March 3, 1995 / Notices

1CNG’s application was filed with the

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, Room 3104, 941

North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

or call (202) 208–1371. Copies of the appendices

were sent to all those receiving this notice in the

mail.

participate in any aspect of the hearing

process.

Persons wishing to become a formal

‘‘party’’ to BPA’s rate proceeding must

notify the Hearing Officer and BPA in

writing of their request. Petitions to

intervene shall state the name and

address of the person and the person’s

interests in the outcome of the hearing.

Petitioners may designate no more than

two representatives upon whom service

of documents will be made. BPA

customers and customer groups whose

rates are subject to revision in the

hearing will be granted intervention

based on a petition filed in conformance

with this section. Other petitioners must

explain their interests in sufficient

detail to permit the Hearing Officer to

determine whether they have a relevant

interest in the hearing. Intervention

Petitions will be available for inspection

in BPA’s Public Information Center; 1st

Floor; 905 NE. 11th; Portland, Oregon.

Any opposition to a Petition to

Intervene must be filed with the Hearing

Officer and served on all parties by

March 9, 1995. All timely applications

will be ruled on by the Hearing Officer.

Late interventions are strongly

disfavored and may not be accepted.

Opposition to an untimely Petition to

Intervene shall be filed and served

within two days after service of the

petition. Interventions are subject to

§ 1010.4 of BPA’s Procedures.

Because of the complexity of the

issues in this rate case, in part

occasioned by continuing contract

negotiations between BPA and its

customers, as well as BPA’s

‘‘reinvention’’ and Competitiveness

Project, BPA anticipates that it will need

to meet with customers and other

interested third parties during the rate

case on a very frequent, and possibly

extended, basis. To comport with the

rate case procedural rule prohibiting ex

parte communications, BPA will

provide necessary notice of meetings

involving rate case issues for

participation by all rate case parties.

Parties should be aware, however, that

such meetings may be held on very

short notice and they should be

prepared to devote the necessary

resources to participate fully in every

aspect of the rate proceeding.

Consequently, parties should be

prepared to attend meetings every day

during the course of the rate case.

Issued in Portland, Oregon on February 24,

1995.

Randall W. Hardy,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–5176 Filed 3–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP95–109–000]

CNG Transmission Corp.; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed TL–470,

Extension 5 Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

February 27, 1995.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed by CNG

Transmission Corporation (CNG) for its

TL–470, Extension 5 Project.1 This EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether an environmental impact

statement is necessary and whether or

not to approve the project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

CNG requests Commission

authorization to construct and operate

about 4.73 miles of 30-inch-diameter

natural gas pipeline loop in Rotterdam

Township, Schenectady County, New

York.

The proposed loop would be

constructed parallel and adjacent to

CNG’s existing facilities and would

begin at a new gate station on CNG’s

system near Gregg Road and end at a

new gate station near Burdeck Street.

CNG indicates that the proposed

facility would enable it to deliver

additional natural gas to Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation’s

distribution system serving the Albany,

New York area.

The location of the project facility is

shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

CNG proposes to use a 75-foot-wide

right-of-way for construction. Since

CNG proposes to construct its pipeline

near the edge of its existing, maintained

right-of-way, only about 50 feet of

additional right-of-way width would be

cleared for construction. Following

construction, 25 feet of the additional

width would be restored and allowed to

revert back to its former use. Therefore,

only about 25 feet of additional

permanent right-of-way width would be

required.

Additional working space would be

required adjacent to the planned

construction right-of-way at bored road

crossings, the Delaware and Hudson

Railroad crossing, stream and wetland

crossings, and in agricultural areas

where topsoil would be segregated.

An approximate 600-foot by 600-foot

(8.3 acres) pipeyard would be used for

the construction trailer and storage of

pipe.

Four existing roads or farm lanes

would be used as access roads.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are taken into account during

the preparation of the EA. State and

local government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils

• Water resources, fisheries and

wetlands

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Land use

• Cultural resources

• Hazardous waste

• Endangerd and threatened species

• Public safety

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and