Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices 25657

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on May 6,

1996.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12825 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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Bonneville Power Administration

Templates (New Power Sales

Contracts) and Amendatory Agreement

No. 7

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to offer BPA’s

public utility customers choices about

their business relationships with BPA

over the next 5 years. One choice being

offered is for the public utility

customers, and potentially other types

of customers, to negotiate a new tailored

contract for firm load requirements

service based on contract templates that

have been negotiated through a public

process and comment period.

Requirements service is the firm power

products that a BPA customer has a

right to purchase from BPA for the

customer’s general firm power load

requirements and its new large single

loads. Contracts based on the templates

will be available at least through August

1, 1996.

The other key choice BPA is offering

is an opportunity to amend their 1981

or 1984 Power Sales Contracts. With

Amendatory Agreement No. 7, BPA is

offering terms that will address certain

changes in the electric power

marketplace and in the needs of BPA

customers. This amendment is offered

in the context of the market-driven

approach selected in BPA’s Business

Plan process. This amendment is

planned to be the final step in a

sequence of offers to public utility

customers intended to strengthen BPA’s

competitive position in the electric

power market and to strengthen its

business relationships with its

customers. This decision is consistent

with BPA’s Business Plan, the Business

Plan Final Environmental Impact

Statement (DOE/EIS–0183, June 1995),

and the Business Plan ROD (August 15,

1995).

ADDRESSES: Copies of this ROD, the

Business Plan Environmental Impact

Statement, and the Business Plan ROD

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Katherine S. Pierce—EC, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number (503) 230–3962, fax number

(503) 230–5699.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 13,

1996.

Randall W. Hardy,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12826 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

State Energy Advisory Board, Open

Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463; 86 Stat. 770), notice is

hereby given of the following meeting:

Name: State Energy Advisory Board.

Date and Time: June 27, 1996 from 9:00 am

to 5:00 pm, and June 28, 1996 from 9:00 am

to 12:00 pm.

Place: The Industrial Electrotechnology

Laboratory, room 2427, NCSU College of

Textiles, Research Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695.

919–515–3941.

Contact: William J. Raup, Office of

Building Technology, State, and Community

Programs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 202/586–

2214.

Purpose of the Board: To make

recommendations to the Assistant Secretary

for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

regarding goals and objectives and

programmatic and administrative policies,

and to otherwise carry out the Board’s

responsibilities as designated in the State

Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act

of 1990 (P.L. 101–440).

Tentative Agenda: Briefings on, and

discussions of:

• The FY 1997 Federal budget request for

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

programs.

• Issues related to DOE National

Laboratories, relating to deployment of

technology through the States.

• Review and approval of any committee

activity.

Public Participation: The meeting is open

to the public. Written statements may be filed

with the Board either before or after the

meeting. Members of the public who wish to

make oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact William J. Raup at the

address or telephone number listed above.

Requests to make oral presentations must be

received five days prior to the meeting;

reasonable provision will be made to include

the statements in the agenda. The Chair of

the Board is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the

orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will

be available for public review and copying

within 30 days at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on May 16,

1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12822 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–520–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

May 16, 1996.

Take notice that on May 13, 1996,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314–

1599, filed in Docket No. CP96–520–000

an application pursuant to Section 7(c)

of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate

of public convenience and necessity

pursuant to Section 157.7 of the

Commission’s regulations, as well as a

temporary certificate pursuant to

Section 157.17 of the Commission’s

regulations, authorizing the increase in

compressor station horsepower, all as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Columbia requests authorization to

increase the horsepower at its

Hellertown Compressor Station, located

in Northampton County, Pennsylvania,

from 917 to 1100 horsepower (hp) per

unit, for a total of 2200 hp, and

incremental increase of 366 hp. It is

stated that to accommodate the

proposed increase in horsepower,

Columbia must also replace the existing,

appurtenant eight 8-inch diameter

compressor cylinders with eight 81⁄2-

inch diameter compressor cylinders,

and provide sound attenuation to ensure

reliability of service to its customers.

Columbia requests a temporary

certificate to allow it to continue

operation of its Hellertown Compressor

Station at the higher horsepower level

until the Commission issues a

permanent certificate. It is stated that,

due to a pipeline rupture on January 6,

1996, Columbia’s Line 1278 was

repaired and the operating pressure was

decreased from 1200 psig to 1080 psig,

pending remedial work to restore the

operation integrity of the pipeline.

Columbia contends that the decreased

operating pressure created a shortage of
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facility capacity to serve Columbia’s

customers in the New York area.

According to Columbia, it became

necessary to operate the Hellertown

Compressor Station at the higher

horsepower to ensure continued service

to customers in the New York area on

an emergency basis. Columbia states

that it has operated in this mode since

January 13, 1996, and that its extended

terms for emergency service will expire

on May 13, 1996. Columbia estimates

that the Line 1278 operating pressure

will not be restored until November

1997, based on a remediation plan

agreed to by Columbia, in consultation

with the Department of Transportation.

It is stated that Columbia must therefore

continue supplementing deliveries to its

New York customers through the

Hellertown Compressor Station.

Therefore, a temporary certificate is

required to continue this level of

service. Columbia states that the

permanent certificate and subsequent

appurtenant compressor facility

upgrades will allow Columbia to better

serve all of its customers over a wider

operating range, thus enhancing the

flexibility of providing service to its

New York customers.

Columbia states that it does not

request authorization for any new or

additional service. It is stated that the

proposed horsepower increase is

necessary to provide reliable service to

all of Columbia’s New York area

customers. Columbia estimates the cost

of the appurtenant facility upgrades at

$860,000. It is stated that no additional

costs are required to achieve the 1100

hp rating per unit, since each unit was

derated originally.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before May 28,

1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a

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 a 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

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

with 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 is 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 Columbia to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12789 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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[Project No. 11572–000]

Roosevelt Water Conservation District;

Notice of Application for Errata to

Conduit Exemption

May 16, 1996.

Take notice that the deadline date

under the notice issued April 29, 1996

(61 FR 19927, May 3, 1996) has been

changed to August 2, 1996. The

applicant’s zip code should also be

corrected to read ‘‘85236.’’

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12848 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP96–516–000]

Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

May 16, 1996.

Take notice that on May 10, 1996,

Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG),

P.O. Box 2400, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74102,

filed in Docket No. CP96–516–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205,

and 157.216(b) of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, and 157.216) for

approval to abandon in place

approximately 4,166 feet of the Superior

eight-inch loop pipeline located in

Jewell County, Kansas, under the

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–479–000, pursuant to Section 7(c)

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

WNG states that it is proposing to

abandon the eight-inch pipeline where

the pipeline crosses White Rock Creek,

a tributary to Lovewell Reservoir,

located in Jewell County, Kansas. WNG

further states that in 1955, it installed a

ten-inch pipeline which paralleled the

eight-inch pipeline could either be

operated as a single line or both the

eight-inch line or ten-inch line pipeline

could be operated simultaneously. It is

further asserted that the parallel teninch line has sufficient capacity to

continue to provide service without

detriment or disadvantage to any WNG

customer. WNG indicates that the

reclaim cost of the line is estimated to

be $1,200 with a salvage value of $0.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days of the issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214), a motion to

intervene and pursuant to Section

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 activities 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 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. 96–12788 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. ER95–1845–001, et al.]

Central Illinois Light Co., et al.; Electric

Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings

May 14, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Central Illinois Light Co.

[Docket No. ER95–1845–001]

Take notice that on April 22, 1996,

Central Illinois Light Company tendered

for filing its compliance filing in the

above-referenced docket.

Comment date: May 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Heartland Energy Services, Inc.,

Acme Power Marketing, Inc.,

[Docket No. ER94–108–008, Docket No.

ER94–1530–008 (not consolidated)]

Take notice that the following

informational filings have been made