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As a Potential User

A. Can you use data at the levels of

detail indicated on the forms?

B. For what purposes 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?

D. For the most part, information is

published by EIA in U.S. customary

units, e.g., cubic feet of natural gas.

Would you prefer to see EIA publish

more information in metric units, e.g.,

cubic meters? If yes, please specify what

information (e.g., natural gas

consumption), the metric unit(s) of

measurement preferred, and in which

EIA publication(s) you would like to see

such information.

Specific Issues

EIA is seeking comments on the

following specific issues related to the

forms covered by this Notice:

Confidentiality of Data on the EIA–191

EIA has received numerous requests

for company-level information filed on

the EIA–191. Since these data were

collected under a pledge of

confidentiality, those requests have

been denied. However, in light of the

fact that many respondents routinely

provide their data to the trade press and

others, this issue is being reexamined.

A. Should EIA continue to preserve

the confidentiality of EIA–191 data?

B. What would be the impact on your

company of the release of its filings of

the EIA–191?

C. What would be the impact on your

company if the EIA were to aggregate

your filings from the field level to the

company level and release only the

company-level aggregate data?

D. How are field-level or companylevel natural gas storage data useful to

you?

Tax Revenue Information Reported on

the EIA–176 and EIA–857

Currently taxes are included in the

revenues collected on the EIA–176 and

EIA–857. Can your company provide

separate data, either as a rate or in

dollars, on the taxes collected from its

deliveries of natural gas to consumers?

Firm and Interruptible Deliveries (EIA–

176)

EIA has been collecting information

on EIA–176 on deliveries of natural gas

to end users divided into the categories

‘‘firm’’ and ‘‘interruptible’’. Because

natural gas purchases and contracting

practices have changed significantly

since the advent of Order 636, we are

requesting your comments on the

desirability of continuing to collect

these data at this level of detail.

A. For Responding Companies: Is

your company able to provide reliable

data in response to these data items?

B. For Data Users: Are the data on

firm and interruptible deliveries of

natural gas to end users useful to you?

Deliveries of Natural Gas to Nonutility

Power Producers (Forms EIA–176 and

EIA–857)

A. For Data Providers: Is your

company able to provide reliable data

on deliveries to nonutility power

producers?

B. For Data Providers and Users: Are

the data on deliveries of natural gas to

nonutility power producers useful?

Gas Used for Agriculture (Forms EIA–

176 and EIA–857)

Natural gas consumed in agriculture

operations has always been classified as

part of the commercial sector. For all

other fuels on which EIA collects data,

agriculture use is considered part of the

industrial sector.

A. For Respondent Companies: Is

your company able to separate natural

gas deliveries to agricultural users and

report them as part of the industrial

sector?

B. For Data Users: Transferring

agricultural use to the industrial sector

would allow more meaningful

comparisons with other fuels. It would

also mean a break in series because EIA

has no precise measure of agricultural

use with which to adjust previously

published data. Should EIA request this

change of sector definition?

Electronic or Other Filing Options

EIA is continually seeking ways to

improve the convenience of reporting

for respondents. Electronic methods of

filing EIA forms provide respondents

with options that many find easier and

less time-consuming than the traditional

paper forms. Also, because some editing

is performed as data are entered, filing

electronically often produces higher

quality reports and respondents are

subject to fewer follow-up contacts from

EIA staff to resolve questions. Electronic

filing is preferred by EIA but is not

mandatory. Currently the EIA–176 offers

an electronic filing option provided on

a personal computer diskette

programmed with software that can be

used on most IBM compatible

computers. The EIA–191 offers an

electronic filing option which allows

users to transmit data directly to the EIA

mainframe computer.

A. Does your company have any

questions or concerns about the

electronic filing options offered by EIA?

B. What other electronic filing options

could be offered that your company

would like to use?

Revenue Data on the EIA–176 and EIA–

857

A. Can respondent companies provide

the revenue data for gas transported for

the account of others requested on the

EIA–176 and the EIA–857?

B. What revenues are included in the

data that respondents are asked to

provide in response to these new data

items?

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., May 13, 1996.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–12593 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–500–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Application for Authorization To

Abandon and Replace Facilities

May 14, 1996.

Take notice that, on May 6, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, UT 84108, filed an abbreviated

application in Docket No. CP96–500–

000: (1) for authorization, pursuant to

section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, to

abandon and remove approximately 200

feet of existing 22-inch pipeline on

Northwest’s Ignacio to Sumas mainline

at a railroad crossing near Soda Springs,

in Caribou County, Idaho; and (2) for

authorization, pursuant to section 7(c)

of the Natural Gas Act and part 157 of

the Commission’s regulations, to replace

that 200-foot segment with new 22-inch

replacement pipeline and

appurtenances, all as more fully set

forth in the application, which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Northwest states that the cathodic

protection system for the existing 22-

inch pipeline segment has been

compromised, leading to the potential

for future pipeline damage. Northwest

asserts that the proposed replacement is

required by the present and future

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because the replacement is needed to

maintain the integrity of its mainline

transmission system and reduce the risk

of pipeline failure and service

interruptions to its shippers.

Northwest states that the replacement

will occur entirely within Northwest’s

existing permanent right-of-way, at

milepost 539.1 on Northwest’s mainline

in Caribou County, ID, and that the

estimated cost of the proposed project is

approximately $870,000—$770,000 to

construct the replacement pipeline

segment and $100,000 to remove the

existing pipeline segment.

Northwest states that: (1) the 22-inch

pipeline to be replaced was originally

constructed by Northwest’s predecessor,

Pacific Northwest Pipeline, pursuant to

a certificate authorization in Docket No.

G–1429 (13 FPC 221); (2) several areas

of new temporary construction

workspace and a new access road

(which may not have been included in

the scope of the original construction

certificate authorization) will be

required to accommodate the

construction techniques Northwest

needs to employ to remove the existing

pipeline from the casing and to install

the new replacement pipeline, either in

the existing casing or in a new bored,

uncased railroad crossing in the existing

permanent right-of-way; and (3)

Northwest is seeking the subject

abandonment and certificate approvals

because the contemplated use of

temporary construction workspace areas

and a new access road do not meet the

guidelines for a facilities replacement

project under 18 CFR 2.55(b), as

clarified in the Commission’s March 15,

1995 letter to Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Company in Docket No. CP95–198–000.

Northwest also states that, to avoid

service disruptions to its customers

receiving service at the Soda Springs

Meter Station during construction,

Northwest will install a temporary 2-

inch (above-ground) pipeline, extending

approximately 4,120 feet from upstream

of the closed block valve to that delivery

point.

Any person desiring to be heard, or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should, on or before June 4,

1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20426, a motion to intervene or

protest in accordance with the

requirements of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211) and the regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.10). All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to the proceeding, or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein, must file

a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

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, or

if the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

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 Northwest to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12554 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER96–1663–000]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San

Diego Gas & Electric Company, and

Southern California Edison Co., Notice

of Filing

May 14, 1996.

Take notice that Pacific Gas and

Electric Company, San Diego Gas &

Electric Company, and Southern

California Edison Company (‘‘the

Companies’’), on April 29, 1996,

tendered for filing a Joint Application

for Authority To Sell Electric Energy at

Market-Based Rates Using a Power

Exchange. The application describes the

way prices will be determined for sales

through the Power Exchange (‘‘PX’’) and

the structure and governance of the PX.

The Companies propose to supplement

the market power showing in the

application on May 29, 1996. The

Commission anticipates that it will

issue an additional notice for the

supplemental filing, with a new

comment date, at that time.

In addition, the application sets forth

recommended time frames for actions

by the Companies, the Commission, and

the participants in this proceeding. The

Commission invites comments on these

procedural proposals in addition to

comments on the substantive proposal.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Public Utilities Commission of the

State of California and other interested

parties.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such application should file a

petition to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections 214

and 211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18, CFR 385.214

and 385.211. All petitions or protests

should be filed on or before June 13,

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 petition to

intervene. Copies of this application are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12619 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. EL96–48–000]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San

Diego Gas & Electric Company, and

Southern California Edison Co.; Notice

of Filing

May 14, 1996.

Take notice that Pacific Gas and

Electric Company, San Diego Gas &

Electric Company, and Southern

California Edison Company (‘‘the

Companies’’), on April 29, 1996,

tendered for filing a Petition for a

Declaratory Order. This petition

requests that the Commission confirm

the delineation of certain facilities as

‘‘local distribution’’ (subject to state

regulation) and certain other facilities as

‘‘transmission’’ (subject to Commission

jurisdiction) based upon their existing

uses.

In addition, the application sets forth

recommended time frames for actions

by the Companies, the Commission, and

the participants in this proceeding. The

Commission invites comments on these

procedural proposals in addition to

comments on the substantive proposals.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such application should file a

petition to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections 214

and 211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214

and 385.211. All petitions or protests

should be filed on or before June 13,

1996. Protests will be considered by the