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The base amount of money would be

determined from these cost estimates of the

training activities described above.

The Variable Amount

To determine the variable amount of

money, each eligible jurisdiction would

receive funds to train three additional

hazardous materials personnel for every 160

miles along a route. If routes through a

jurisdiction intersect, or are less than 80

miles apart, the route miles could not be

double-counted if they fall within an 80 mile

radius of another route.

The Department intends to provide a

variable amount of funding based on route

miles because it believes that it is the best

measure to capture any variation in impact

on a jurisdiction’s ability to prepare for

NWPA shipments. The 160 mile estimate was

used because other emergency response

organizations have used a two-hour response

time as the limit to how frequently hazardous

materials response teams should be placed.

From the two-hour measure, one can

conservatively say it would take an

emergency response vehicle an hour to travel

80 miles in either direction.

[FR Doc. 96–12283 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Alaska Power Administration

Proposed Rate Adjustment for Eklutna

Project

AGENCY: Alaska Power Administration,

DOE.

ACTION: Notice of public forum, review

and comment.

SUMMARY: Alaska Power Administration

(APA) is proposing to adjust the rates

for the Eklutna Project. Rates of 18.7

mills per kilowatt-hour for firm energy,

10 mills per kilowatt-hour for non-firm

energy and .3 mills per kilowatt-hour for

wheeling expire September 30, 1999.

Due to a decrease in combined projected

overhead and O&M costs, APA proposes

to lower the rate for firm and nom-firm

energy to 8.8 mills per kilowatt-hour

beginning September 1, 1996 for a

period of up to five years. The rate for

wheeling would remain the same. APA

will finalize the proposal giving full

consideration to comments received.

The final proposal may differ from the

present. The proposed rates will be

submitted to the Deputy Secretary of

Energy for interim approval and to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

for review and final approval.

DATES: Written comments will be

considered until August 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to Mr. Nicki J. French,

Alaska Power Administration, 2770

Sherwood Lane, Suite 2B, Juneau,

Alaska 99801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Nicki J. French, Assistant

Administrator, Alaska Power

Administration, 2770 Sherwood Lane,

Suite 2B, Juneau, AK 99801, (907) 586–

7405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed rates apply for power sold

from the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project

to three electric utilities serving the

Anchorage and Matanuska Valley areas

of Alaska. Details of the proposed rates,

including supporting studies, are

available for inspection at Alaska Power

Administration, 2770 Sherwood Lane,

Suite 2B, Juneau, Alaska; and the

Eklutna Project Office, Mile 4.0, Old

Glenn Highway, Palmer, Alaska. A

public information and comment forum

is scheduled to be held June 24, 1996,

at 6:00 PM, in the public conference

room of the Loussac Library, 3600

Denali, Anchorage, Alaska. APA is

requesting that the parties interested in

attending the public information and

comment forum notify APA of this

intent in writing by June 17, 1996. If

APA has not received any written

notices of intent to attend the forum the

APA Administrator will cancel the

forum, as allowed in 10 CFR 903.15(c)

and 10 CFR 903.16(c). Authorities for

the proposed rate action are the Eklutna

Project Act of July 31, 1950 (64 Stat.

382, as amended) and the Department of

Energy Organization Act (Public Law

95–91). Alaska Power Administration is

developing these rates in accordance

with DOE financial reporting policies,

procedures and methodology (DOE

Policy RA 6120.2 [September 20, 1979]),

and the procedures for public

participation in rate adjustments found

in 10 CFR Part 903 (1987) as amended.

The present rates went into effect in

October, 1994. APA has repaid over

82% of the project investment. The

proposed rate results in an 53% rate

decrease. APA has notified its

customers that a new rate would be

developed based on decreased overhead

costs and elimination of Eklutna O&M

costs. APA will continue its rate

evaluation based on projected staffing

and include the results in the final rate

proposal. Alaska Power Administration

Asset Sale and Termination Act was

signed by the President on November,

1995. As part of the transition to new

ownership, APA is entering an O&M

agreement with the purchasing utilities.

With the new O&M agreement between

APA and the purchasing utilities, APA

expects the utilities to incur all O&M

and replacement costs throughout the

term of the agreement. The reduction in

costs to APA have been included in the

repayment study supporting the

proposed rates. APA will continue

formulating and executing transition

plans based on the existing purchase

agreements and signed legislation for

the sale of the Eklutna project to the

Anchorage utilities. This proposed rate

action continues present rate policies

under existing law.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The proposed

rate action will have no significant

environmental impact within the

meaning of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969. The proposed action

meets the requirements of a categorical

exclusion as defined in 40 CFR 1508.4

and is listed as a categorical exclusion

for DOE in 10 CFR 1021, Appendix

B4.3. An Environmental Assessment

and an Environmental Impact Statement

is not required.

Issued at Juneau, Alaska, May 6, 1996.

Lloyd A. Linke,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–12282 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–235–000]

Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 10, 1996.

Take notice that on May 8, 1996,

Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

(Algonquin) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, Ninth Revised Sheet No.

1100. The proposed effective date of the

tariff sheet is June 8, 1996.

Algonquin states that the purpose of

this filing is to indicate the removal of

the Index of Customers from

Algonquin’s FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth

Revised Volume No. 1.

Algonquin states that the removal of

the removal of the Index of Customer’s

from the Tariff is in compliance with

the Commission’s revised regulations in

Sections 284.106 and 284.223.

Algonquin requests that the

Commission grant any waiver that may

be necessary to place this tariff sheet

into effect on the date requested.

Algonquin states that copies of this

filing were mailed to all customers of

Algonquin and interested state

commissions.

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 18 CFR 385.214 and

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and