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various DOE end-use sector programs

that are now providing funding for this

new consolidated State-oriented

approach.

Availability of Fiscal Year 1996 Funds

With this publication, DOE is

announcing the availability of up to $12

million in financial assistance funds for

fiscal year 1996. The awards will be

made through a competitive process. No

State will be awarded financial

assistance for special projects in excess

of $500,000 for fiscal year 1996. Projects

may cover a period of up to 2 years.

Restricted Eligibility

Eligible applicants for purposes of

funding under this program are limited

to the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any territory

or possession of the United States,

specifically, the State energy or other

agency responsible for administering the

State Energy Program pursuant to 10

CFR part 420. For convenience, the term

State in this notice refers to all eligible

State applicants.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number assigned to the State

Energy Program is 81.041.

Requirements for cost sharing or

matching contributions will be

addressed in the program guidance/

solicitation for each special project

activity, as appropriate. Cost sharing or

matching contributions beyond any

required percentage is desirable.

Any application must be signed by an

authorized State official, in accordance

with the program guidance/solicitation.

Evaluation Review and Criteria

A first tier review for completeness

will occur at the appropriate DOE

Regional Support Office. Applications

found to be complete will undergo a

merit review process by panels

comprised of members representing the

respective participating end-use sector

programs in DOE’s Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. A

decision as to the applications selected

for funding will then be made by the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Building

Technology, State and Community

Programs, or designee, based on the

findings of the technical merit review

and any stated program policy factors.

DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole

or in part, any, all, or none of the

applications submitted in response to

this notice.

More detailed information is available

from the U. S. Department of Energy

Headquarters at (202) 586–8128.

Issued in Washington, D. C., May 23, 1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 96–13541 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER96–841–000]

Blandin Paper Company; Notice of

Issuance of Order

May 23, 1996.

On January 16, 1996, as amended

March 14, 1996, Blandin Paper

Company (Blandin) submitted for filing

a rate schedule under which Blandin

will engage in wholesale electric power

and energy transactions as a marketer.

Blandin also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Blandin requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Blandin.

On May 9, 1996, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Blandin 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 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Blandin is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Blandin’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 10,

1996.

Copies of the full text of the order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13550 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP95–408–000 and RP95–408–

001]

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

May 23, 1996.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference in this proceeding

will be convened on Friday, May 31,

1996 at 10:00 a.m. The settlement

conference will be held at the offices of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, for the purpose

of exploring the possible settlement of

the above referenced docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, contact

Thomas J. Burgess at 208–2058 or David

R. Cain at 208–0917.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13488 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER96–1503–000]

Eagle Gas Marketing Company; Notice

of Issuance of Order

May 23, 1996.

On April 4, 1996, Eagle Gas Marketing

Company (Eagle) submitted for filing a

rate schedule under which Eagle will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer. Eagle

also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

Eagle requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by Eagle.

On May 8, 1996, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following: