Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 110 / Thursday, June 6, 1996 / Notices 28859

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

(FERC–520)

May 31, 1996.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3507 of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

submitting a collection of information

listed in this notice to OMB for review

under the provisions of the Act.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received within 30 days of this

notification.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the collection of

information can be obtained from the

written comments may be submitted to

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Attn: Michael P. Miller,

Information Services Division, ED–12.4,

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

20426. Comments should also be

addressed to: Desk Officer, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael P. Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmillerferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract: The information collected

under the requirements of FERC–520

‘‘Application for Authority to Hold

Interlocking Directorate Position’’ (OMB

No. 1902–0083) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of Section 305(b) of the

Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.

Section 305(b) makes the holding of

certain interlocking corporate positions

unlawful unless the Commission has

authorized the interlocks to be held, and

requires of the applicant a showing ‘‘in

form and manner prescribed by the

Commission, that neither public nor

private interests will be adversely

affected thereby.’’ The Commission

implements these filing requirements in

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

under 18 CFR Part 45.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with no changes to the

existing collection of data.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of

respondents

annually

(1)

Number

of responses

per respondent

(2)

Average

burden

hours

per response

(3)

Total annual

burden hours

(1)×(2)×(3)

25 1 51.8 1,296

Estimated cost burden to respondents:

1,296 hours/2,087 hours per year ×

$102,000 per year=$63,341.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) Reviewing instructions;

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14249 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Pantex Plant.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, June 26,

1996: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Amarillo Association of

Realtors, 5601 Enterprise Circle,

Amarillo, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Williams, Program Manager,

Department of Energy, Amarillo Area

Office, P.O. Box 30030, Amarillo, TX

79120 (806) 477–3121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Committee: The Board provides

input to the Department of Energy on

Environmental Management strategic

decisions that impact future use, risk

management, economic development,

and budget prioritization activities.

Tentative Agenda

8:30 a.m. Welcome—Agenda Review—

Approval of Minutes

8:40 a.m. Co-Chairs’ Comments

9:00 a.m. Task Force Reports

—Public Participation/Public Information

—Environmental Restoration

9:30 a.m. Updates

—Occurrence Reports—DOE

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Discussion, Sitewide

Environmental Impact Statement

Recommendation

11:30 a.m. Subcommittee Reports

—Budget and Finance

—Community Outreach

—Policy and Personnel

—Program and Training

—Nominations

12:30 p.m. Adjourn

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting. Written comments will be

accepted at the address above for 15

days after the date of the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Tom Williams’ office at

the address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided a maximum of 5 minutes to

present their comments.

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting will be

available for public review and copying
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at the Pantex Public Reading Rooms

located at the Amarillo College Lynn

Library and Learning Center, 2201

South Washington, Amarillo, TX phone

(806) 371–5400. Hours of operation are

from 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. on Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

on Saturday; and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

on Sunday, except for Federal holidays.

Additionally, there is a Public Reading

Room located at the Carson County

Public Library, 401 Main Street,

Panhandle, TX phone (806) 537–3742.

Hours of operation are from 9:00 a.m. to

7:00 p.m. on Monday; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and

closed Saturday and Sunday as well as

Federal Holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing or calling Tom

Williams at the address or telephone

number listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 3, 1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14277 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Bonneville Power Administration

Watershed Management Program Early

Action Projects

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Floodplain statement of

findings.

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s

proposal to fund watershed

rehabilitation projects to improve

salmon habitat in floodplains located

throughout the Columbia River Basin in

the states of Washington, Oregon, and

Idaho. In accordance with 10 CFR Part

1022, BPA has prepared this Floodplain

Statement of Findings for the Watershed

Management Program Early Action

Projects. A Notice of Floodplain and

Wetlands Involvement was published in

the Federal Register on May 14, 1996

(Vol. 61, No. 94, pp. 24297–24298), and

a floodplain and wetlands assessment

was prepared by BPA describing the

effects, alternatives, and measures

designed to avoid or minimize potential

harm to or within the affected

floodplain. The assessment was

prepared in conjunction with the

Categorical Exclusion for this project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Weintraub—ECN, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number 503–230–5373, fax number

503–230–5699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Potential

floodplain effects would include placing

new structures or materials in streams

that could be dislodged in a flood; and

disturbing existing streambanks and

channels, which would make them

more susceptible to erosion and failure

during flooding until stabilized and

revegetated.

The proposed actions would have

long-term, net positive effects on the

floodplains affected. It is necessary for

many of the proposed actions to be

located in floodplains because they are

actions that would stabilize and

rehabilitate streams and streambanks.

Alternatives to the proposed actions are

no action, or revisions in the proposed

actions that would reduce potential net

negative impacts to floodplains. The

proposed actions would be required to

conform to applicable Federal, State or

local floodplain protection standards.

The following steps will be taken to

avoid or minimize potential harm to or

within the affected floodplain: (1) the

structures will either be engineered to

withstand flooding, or would be natural

materials designed to move downstream

with the floods to create habitat for fish;

and (2) channel restoration,

revegetation, and erosion control and

stabilization actions would be designed

to lessen the impacts of future flooding

on lives and property.

BPA will endeavor to allow 15 days

of public review after publication of this

statement of findings before

implementing the proposed action.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 30,

1996.

Thomas C. McKinney,

NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14276 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER96–1915–000]

Connecticut Light and Power

Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

May 31, 1996.

Connecticut Light and Power

Company (CL&P) filed a proposed

limited-term rate schedule for

authorization to purchase power from

customer-sellers, and for certain waivers

and authorizations. In particular, CL&P

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by the

customer-sellers. On May 31, 1996, the

Commission issued an Expedited Order

Accepting Limited-Term Rate Schedule

for Filing and Granting Waivers and

Authorizations (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s May 31, 1996

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F):

(C) No later than June 14, 1996, any

person desiring to be heard or to protest

the Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by CL&P’s customer-sellers

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(D) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (C) above, CL&P’s customersellers are hereby authorized to issue

securities and to assume obligations or

liabilities as guarantor, endorser, surety

or otherwise in respect of any security

of another person; provided that such

issue or assumption is for some lawful

object within the corporate purposes of

the applicant, compatible with the

public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(F) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

CL&P’s customer-sellers’ issuances of

securities or assumptions of liabilities.

* * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 14,

1996.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14247 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER96–1915–000]

Connecticut Light and Power

Company; Notice of Filing

May 31, 1996.

Take notice that on May 24, 1996,

Connecticut Light and Power Company

(CL&P) filed a proposed limited-term

rate schedule under which CL&P would

purchase capacity and associated energy

from certain customer-owned generation

during a specified three and one-half