24924 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 97 / Friday, May 17, 1996 / Notices

DOE for the 1997 solicitation. Cost

sharing is required by all participants.

The Federal Government will provide

up to 40 percent of the funds for the

project in FY 1997. The remaining funds

must be provided by the eligible

applicants and/or cooperating project

participants. In addition to direct

financial contributions, cost sharing can

include beneficial services or items,

such as manpower equipment,

consultants, and computer time that are

allowable in accordance with applicable

cost principles. The state applicant is

required to have an industrial partner to

be considered eligible for grant

consideration.

Presolicitation: This notice is to

advise potential applicants to the FY

1997 solicitation that DOE will accept

presolicitation submissions that set out

that a brief description of the potential

project. The submissions should not

exceed two pages and should adhere to

the format laid out in the preproposal

format. This format can be obtained by

calling the U.S. Department of Energy’s

Golden Field Office contacts (listed

below). All preproposals submission

will be reviewed by NICE 3 project

monitors at the Golden Field Office. The

monitors will provide comments to the

submitter on the proposed project’s

applicability to the NICE 3 program. In

addition, the reviewers will provide

feedback which the applicant can use to

formulate and refine their proposal.

The submission of a presolicitation

description is not mandatory for

submitting an application under the FY

1997 solicitation. DOE reviews and

comments under the presolicitation

process will not be used by DOE in

evaluating or awarding applications

under the FY 1997 solicitation. The only

purpose of the presolicitation process is

to assist potential applicants, who may

need assistance, in refining their

application.

DATES: A brief description of the

proposed project can be submitted to

the Golden Field Office on or before

August 2, 1996. All summaries must be

submitted through a state agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric

Hass, at (303) 275–4728, or Doug

Hooker, at (303) 275–4780, at the U.S.

Department of Energy Golden Field

Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,

Colorado 80401, for referral to

appropriate DOE Regional Support

Office or State Agency and to receive a

copy of the format for the brief

description. In addition, the format for

the brief description and a list of

participating state agencies can be

located on the internet at

WWW.nrel.gov/documents/nice3. The

Contract Specialist is James Damm, at

(303) 275–4744, and the Contracting

Officer is Robert Brown, at (404) 347–

2879.

Issued in Golden, Colorado, on May 9,

1996.

John Meeker,

Chief, Procurement.

[FR Doc. 96–12421 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collections Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request submitted for

review by the Office of Management and

Budget.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has submitted an

energy information collection to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be filed by June

17, 1996. If you anticipate that you will

be submitting comments but find it

difficult to do so within the time

allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed

below of your intention to do so as soon

as possible. The Desk Officer may be

telephoned at (202) 395–3084. (Also,

please notify the EIA contact listed

below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the Office

of Statistical Standards at the address

below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the forms and instructions

should be directed to Herbert Miller,

Office of Statistical Standards, (EI–73),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Mr. Miller may be telephoned at (202)

426–1103; e-mail: hmiller@eia.doe.gov;

(FAX 202–426–1081).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Information Administration

(EIA) has submitted the energy

information collection listed below to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13). The listing does not

include collections of information

contained in new or revised regulations

which are to be submitted under section

3507(d)(1)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, nor management and

procurement assistance requirements

collected by the Department of Energy

(DOE).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) Collection number and

title; (2) summary of the collection of

information (includes sponsor; i.e., the

DOE component), current OMB

document number (if applicable),

response obligation (mandatory,

voluntary, or required to obtain or retain

benefits), and type of request (new,

revision, extension, or reinstatement);

(3) a description of the need and

proposed uses of the information; (4) a

description of the likely respondents;

and (5) an estimate of the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping burden

(number of respondents per year times

the average number of responses per

respondent annually times the average

burden per response).

The energy information collections

submitted to OMB for review were:

1. Form EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic

Clearance for Questionnaire Testing,

Evaluation, and Research’’

2. Energy Information Administration;

Docket Number 1905—0186; Response

Obligation—Voluntary; and Extension

3. The EIA–882T will be used to

conduct pretest/pilot surveys (personal

visit or face-to-face interviews,

telephone interviews, mail

questionnaires), focus groups, and

cognitive interviews. Data will be used

to modify questionnaires to improve the

quality of data. Samples of respondents

will be selected to participate.

4. Individuals or households;

Business or other for-profit; Not-forprofit institutions; Farms; Federal

Government, and State, Local, or Tribal

Government

5. 1,000 total annual burden hours

(4,000 respondents × 1 response per

respondent ×. 25 hours per response).

Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC, May 13, 1996.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–12423 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

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1Order No. 497, 53 FR 22139 (June 14, 1988), III

FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,820 (1988); Order No. 497–

A, order on rehearing, 54 FR 52781 (December 22,

1989), III FERC Stats. & Regs. 30,868 (1989); Order

No. 497–B, order extending sunset date, 55 FR

53291 (December 28, 1990), III FERC Stats. & Regs.

¶ 30,908 (1990); Order No. 497–C, order extending

sunset date, 57 FR 9 (January 2, 1992), III FERC

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,934 (1991), rehearing denied, 57

FR 5815 (February 18, 1992), 58 FERC ¶ 61,139

(1992); Tenneco Gas v. FERC (affirmed in part and

remanded in part), 969 F. 2d 1187 (D.C. Cir. 1992);

Order No. 497–D, order on remand and extending

sunset date, III FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,958

(December 4, 1992), 57 FR 58978 (December 14,

1992); Order No. 497–E, order on rehearing and

extending sunset date, 59 FR 243 (January 4, 1994),

65 FERC ¶ 61,381 (December 23, 1993); Order No.

497–F, order denying rehearing and granting

clarification, 59 FR 15336 (April 1, 1994), 66 FERC

¶ 61,347 (March 24, 1994); and Order No. 497–G,

order extending sunset date, 59 FR 32884 (June 27,

1994), III FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,996 (June 17,

1994).

2Standards of Conduct and Reporting

Requirements for Transportation and Affiliate

Transactions, Order No. 566, 59 FR 32885 (June 27,

1994), III FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,997 (june 17,

1994); Order No. 566–A, order on rehearing, 59 FR

52896 (October 20, 1994), 69 FERC ¶ 61,044

(October 14, 1994); Order No. 566–B, order on

rehearing, 59 FR 65707 (December 21, 1994); 69

FERC ¶ 61,334 (December 14, 1994).

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MG96–11–000]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Filing

May 13, 1996.

Take notice that on May 8, 1996,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

(Granite State) filed revised standards of

conduct under Order Nos. 497 et seq.1

and Order Nos. 566, et seq.2

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 or 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214).

All such motions to intervene or protest

should be filed on or before May 28,

1996. 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 proceeding. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12381 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EL96–47–000]

Syracuse Power Company v. Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation and

Northern Electric Power Co., L.P.;

Notice of Filing

May 14, 1996.

Take notice that on April 17, 1996,

Syracuse Power Company filed a

complaint and request for an

investigation relating to the activities of

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

and Northern Electric Power Co., L.P.,

as co-licensees of the Hudson Falls

Project No. 5276.

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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

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

or protests should be filed on or before

June 15, 1996. 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 proceeding.

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. Answers to the complaint

shall be due on or before June 15, 1996.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12438 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. EG96–68–000, et al.]

Trakya Elektrik Uretim ve Ticaret A.S.,

et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

May 10, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Trakya Elektrik Uretim ve Ticaret

A.S.

[Docket No. EG96–68–000]

On May 8, 1996, Trakya Elektrik

Uretim ve Ticaret A.S. (‘‘Applicant’’),

with its principal office at Bugday

Sokak No. 2/9 Kavaklidere, Ankara,

Turkey, filed with the Commission an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

part 365 of the Commission’s

Regulations.

Applicant states that it is a Turkish

joint stock company. Applicant will be

engaged directly and exclusively in

owning an approximately 478 MW

combined cycle gas-fired electric

generating facility located on the

Marmara Sea, near Istanbul, Turkey.

Electric energy produced by the facility

will be sold at wholesale to Turkiye

Elektrik Uretim, Iletisim A.S. In no

event will any electricity be sold to

consumers in the United States.

Comment date: May 31, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Illinois Power Company

[Docket Nos. ER96–1376–000, ER96–1377–

000, ER96–1380–000, ER96–1381–000,

ER96–1382–000, ER96–1486–000, ER96–

1509–000, ER96–1510–000, ER96–1559–000]

Take notice that on April 17, 1996,

Illinois Power Company filed a request

to revise the proposed effective date to

April 1, 1996, for service in the abovereferenced dockets.

Comment date: May 23, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1684–000]

Take notice that on April 30, 1996,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing on behalf of its

operating companies, The Cincinnati

Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and PSI

Energy, Inc. (PSI), an Interchange

Agreement, dated April 1, 1996 between

Cinergy, CG&E, PSI and VTEC Energy,

Inc. (VTEC).

The Interchange Agreement provides

for the following service between

Cinergy and VTEC.

1. Exhibit A—Power Sales by VTEC

2. Exhibit B—Power Sales by Cinergy

Cinergy and VTEC have requested an

effective date of May 1, 1996.

Copies of the filing were served on

VTEC Energy, Inc., the New York Public

Service Commission, the Kentucky

Public Service Commission, the Public

Utilities Commission of Ohio and the

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Comment date: May 24, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. The Montana Power Company

[Docket No. ER96–1685–000]

Take notice that on April 30, 1996,

The Montana Power Company

(Montana), tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

pursuant to 18 CFR 35.13, a Service

Agreement with each the Colstrip

Project Owners (Colstrip Owners) and

Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power)

under FERC Electric Tariff, Original

Volume No. 4; and an Index of

Customers under said Tariff.

A copy of the filing was served upon

the Colstrip Owners and Idaho Power.