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1 Great Lakes’ application was filed with the

Commission on April 4, 1996 under Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission’s

regulations.

2The only portions of Great Lakes’ existing 968-

mile-long 36-inch-diameter mainline which have

not been looped are the three segments, totalling

24.5 miles, addressed in this proposal. A loop is a

segment of pipeline which is usually installed

adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to

it at both ends. The loop allows more gas to be

moved through that segment of the pipeline system.

3The proposed above-ground facilities would

consist of a pig launcher and receiver at the Rapid

River Compressor Station, a launcher at the

Naubinway Compressor Station, and a valve at the

Rapid River Meter Station.

4The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

K N Marketing, Inc. under Northern

Indiana Public Service Company’s

Power Sales Tariff, which was accepting

for filing by the Commission and made

effective by Order dated August 17,

1995 in Docket No. ER95–1222–000.

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and K N Marketing, Inc.

request waiver of the Commission’s

sixty-day notice requirement to permit

an effective date of May 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: May 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Northern Indiana Public Service

Company

[Docket No. ER96–1716–000]

Take notice that on May 1, 1996,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company, tendered for filing an

executed Service Agreement between

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company and Valero Power Services

Company.

Under the Service Agreement,

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company agrees to provide services to

Valero Power Services Company under

Northern Indiana Public Service

Company’s Power Sales Tariff, which

was accepting for filing by the

Commission and made effective by

Order dated August 17, 1995 in Docket

No. ER95–1222–000. Northern Indiana

Public Service Company and Valero

Power Services Company request waiver

of the Commission’s sixty-day notice

requirement to permit an effective date

of May 1, 1996.

Copies of this filing have been sent to

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission and the Indiana Office of

Utility Consumer Counselor.

Comment date: May 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. 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

the comment date. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–297–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed Security Loop II

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

May 14, 1996.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed by the Great Lakes

Gas Transmission Limited Partnership

(Great Lakes) for its Security Loop II

Project.1 This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether an

environmental impact statement is

necessary and whether to approve the

project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Great Lakes wants to complete the

looping of its entire mainline system

which is fully subscribed with firm

service, to provide greater reliability and

operating flexibility for its shippers.2

Great Lakes seeks authority to construct

and operate three segments of 36-inchdiameter pipeline loop in the Upper

Peninsula of Michigan:

• Loop Segment 1 would be about

2.4-miles-long, wholly within Delta

County, Michigan. It would begin at

milepost (MP) 560.3 along Great Lakes’

existing mainline and end at Great

Lakes’ existing Rapid River Compressor

Station at MP 562.7.

• Loop Segment 2 would be about

12.5-miles-long, also within Delta

County, Michigan, extending from MP

562.7 to MP 575.2.

• Loop Segment 3 would be about

9.6-miles-long, in Mackinac County,

Michigan. It would begin at Great Lakes’

existing Naubinway Compressor Station

at MP 640.1 and end at MP 649.7.

As part of this project, Great Lakes

would modify existing piping and

install additional above-ground facilities

at its Rapid River and Naubinway

Compressor Stations, and Rapid River

Meter Station.3 The proposed loop

construction would also necessitate the

abandonment and removal of the

existing tie-ins at the beginning of Loop

Segment 1, the end of Loop Segment 2,

and the end of Loop Segment 3.

The general location of the proposed

project facilities are shown in appendix

1.4

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern. Federal agencies can request to

be cooperating agencies in the

preparation of the EA.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils.

• Water resources, fisheries and

wetlands.
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• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Endangered and threatened species.

• Cultural resources.

• Land use.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we

recommend that the Commission

approve or not approve the project.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention in

the EA based on a preliminary review of

the proposed facilities and information

provided by Great Lakes. Keep in mind

that this is a preliminary list.

• Loop Segment 1 would cross lands

managed by the Escanaba River State

Forest. Loop Segments 1 and 2 would

cross lands managed by the Hiawatha

National Forest. Loop Segment 3 would

cross lands managed by the Lake

Superior State Forest.

• Loop Segment 2 would cross the

Bay de Noc—Grand Island recreational

trail and the Nahma snowmobile trail.

• The three loop segments combined

would cross about 12.2 miles of forested

land, and about 1.1 mile of agricultural

land.

• One residence is located within 50

feet of the proposed construction rightof-way for Loop Segment 1.

• Loop Segment 2 would cross the

Whitefish River, which is federally

listed as a Wild and Scenic River. The

three loops combined would cross 17

other perennial streams, 13 of which

have been classified as cold water

fisheries.

• The three loops combined would

cross 32 wetlands, totalling about 10.6

miles.

• A total of 12 cultural resource sites

have been identified along all three

loops segments combined, of which 9

have been recommended for additional

investigation.

The list of issues may be added to,

subtracted from, or changed based on

your comments and our analysis.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative routes), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please follow

the instructions below to ensure that

your comments are received and

properly recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP96–297–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Paul

Friedman, EA Project Manager, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, OPR/

DEER/ERCI—PR11.1, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, D.C. on

or before June 17, 1996.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Paul

Friedman, EA Project Manager, at (202)

208–1108. If you wish to receive a copy

of the EA, you should request one from

Mr. Friedman at the above address.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties seeking to file late

interventions must show good cause, as

required by section 385.214(b)(3), why

this time limitation should be waived.

Environmental issues have been viewed

as good cause for later intervention. You

do not need intervenor status to have

your scoping comments considered.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5508–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review, Comment Request; PreCertification and Testing Exemptions

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for Motor Vehicles and

Motor Vehicle Engines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: PreCertification and Testing Exemptions

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for motor vehicles and

motor vehicle engines (OMB Control

No. 2060–0007, approved through 5/31/

96). The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL:

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–2740,

and refer to EPA ICR No. 95.0.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Title: Pre-Certification and Testing

Exemptions Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements, OMB No.

2060–0007, Expiration date 5/31/96.

This ICR is requesting a revision of a

currently approved collection activity.

Abstract: Manufacturers of new motor

vehicles or engines, manufacturers of

vehicle or engine parts, fuel refiners,

manufacturers in the business of

importing, modifying, or testing

uncertified vehicles for resale, and

Independent Commercial Importers

(ICIs) will report and keep records of

applications for pre-certification and

testing exemptions. Upon EPA request,

they will submit this information to

EPA. EPA will use this information to

ensure that uncertified vehicles or

engines from the pre-certification

program and testing exemption program

are introduced into commerce only on

a temporary basis for legitimate

purposes.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed