28574 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 5, 1996 / Notices

Customer Mcf/day

City of Wrens, Georgia ............. 2,200

Armstrong World Industries,

Inc. ......................................... 3,500

Southeast Paper Manufacturing

Co. ......................................... 9,540

Calsilite Manufacturing Corporation ................................. 500

Knoxville Utilities Board ............ 5,000

Riverwood International Corporation ................................. 1,000

.............................................. 45,880

Southern states that each of the above

shippers has executed a service

agreement under Rate Schedule FT with

a primary term of 10 years.

To provide the requested service,

Southern proposes to construct, install,

modify and operate pipeline and

compression facilities. More

specifically, Southern proposes to

construct (1) approximately 4.6 miles of

30-inch South Main 2nd Loop Line in

Crawford and Monroe Counties,

Georgia; (2) approximately 5.1 miles of

16-inch Brunswick Loop Line in Jones

and Twiggs County, Georgia; (3)

approximately 5.9 miles of 30-inch

South Main 3rd Loop Line in Lee

County, Alabama; (4) approximately 7.3

miles of 24-inch 2nd North Main Loop

Line in Pickens and Tuscaloosa

Counties, Alabama; and (5)

approximately 4.6 miles of 30-inch

Franklinton-Gwinville 2nd Loop Line in

Walthall, Lawrence, and Marion

Counties, Mississippi. Southern also

proposes to place back into operation

and commence depreciating a 104.6-

mile section of the 20-inch WrensSavannah Line in Jefferson, Burke,

Jenkins, Screven, Effingham, and

Chatham Counties, Georgia.

Southern also proposes to uprate a

total of four turbine compressor engines

at the Selma Compressor Station in

Dallas County, Alabama and the Bay

Springs Compressor Station, Jasper

County, Mississippi. Southern proposes

to rewheel the four Dresser-Rand

compressors and to increase the 6,500

rated horsepower at an 80 degree

ambient temperature at each of the four

engines to 9,160 rated horsepower.

Southern claims that this uprate would

allow Southern to take advantage of the

current physical capabilities of the

engines at minimal cost.

Southern estimates a facilities cost of

$36,043,000, which would be financed

initially through the use of short term

financing, available cash from

operations or use of both alternatives

and ultimately from permanent

financing.

Southern also requests that the

Commission issue a predetermination

that rolled-in rates are appropriate for

the proposed facilities. In support of

that request, Southern states that the

proposed facilities will be physically

and operationally integrated with

existing facilities that serve Southern’s

current customers and that the new

facilities will be used for the benefit of

all shippers on Southern’s system.

Southern states that the estimated

revenues generated from the proposed

facilities will exceed the estimated cost

of service from the facilities by $440,000

during the first year of operation and

$13,500,000 during the 10-year primary

term of the related service agreements.

Southern also claims that the facilities

will provide system enhancements at

seven distinct locations. Southern

indicates that the looping and increased

compression horsepower will improve

system reliability for all shippers in the

market area, most particularly on the

South Main Line where the majority of

the expansion facilities and load are

located.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 20,

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

the 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 without 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 and permission and approval

for the proposed abandonment are

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 Southern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14024 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Western Area Power Administration

General Eligibility Criteria for the

Proposed Allocation Procedures and

Call for Applications, Post-2000

Resource Pool—Pick-Sloan Missouri

Basin Program, Eastern Division

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of clarification, response

to comments and Call for additional

applications.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to respond to comments regarding

Section III, General Allocation Criteria,

Paragraph E and to clarify the Post 2000

Resource Pool Allocation Procedures in

order to more fully fulfill the intent of

the Energy Planning and Management

Program (Program). All of the comments

received concerning the use of MidContinent Area Power Pool (MAPP) data

trends to adjust applicant load data in

applying Post 1985 Marketing Criteria

suggested that the Western Area Power

Administration (Western) not do so.

Therefore, Western is proposing to not

use MAPP data trends to adjust the

1994–1995 load data in determining

allocations for utility and nonutility

applicants. These clarifications are

intended to ensure all entities are

provided an opportunity to apply for an

allocation of the resource pool created

by the Program. Any new applications,

consisting of a letter of interest and

Applicant Profile Data (APD), will be

considered in accordance with the

January 29, 1996, Federal Register

Notice (61 FR 2817), as amended herein.

DATES: All written comments must be

sent to the Upper Great Plains Acting

Regional Manager so that they are

received 30 days from date of

publication. A letter of interest and APD

must be sent by certified or return

receipt requested U.S. mail to the Upper

Great Plains Acting Regional Manager so

that it is received 30 days from date of

publication

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western, a

Federal power marketing agency of the

Department of Energy, published on

January 29, 1996, in the Federal

Register (61 FR 2817), a notice of
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proposed procedures to implement

subpart C–Power Marketing Initiative of

the Energy Planning and Management

Program Final Rule, 10 CFR part 905 (60

FR 54151). The Program, which was

developed in part to implement section

114 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,

became effective on November 20, 1995.

Subpart C of the Program provides for

the establishment of project-specific

resource pools and the allocation of

power from these pools to new

preference customers. These proposed

procedures, in conjunction with the

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program

Eastern Division (PSMBP—ED) Program

Final Post-1985 Marketing Plan (Post1985 Marketing Plan) (45 FR 71860) will

establish the framework for allocating

power from the resource pool to be

established for the PSMBP—ED. The

comment period on the proposed

procedures and call for applications was

extended to April 8, 1996, by a notice

published in the Federal Register on

March 8, 1996 (61 FR 9449).

Before developing final allocation

procedures, Western has determined

that it is appropriate to address certain

comments and clarify features in the

initial Federal Register notice. Western

has determined that these proposed

clarifications are in the best interest of

the public and that they will not have

the effect of excluding current

applicants. Based on these

clarifications, Western is providing

another opportunity for comment and

call for applications to entities which

did not apply based upon the earlier

notice. Those entities that have

previously commented or applied for

firm power need not resubmit or

reapply.

I. Responses and Clarification of Terms

As a result of comments received

during the comment period and need for

clarification of terms, the proposed Post

2000 Resource Pool Allocation

Procedures and Call for Applications,

Post-2000 Resource Pool—PSMBP—ED

in Federal Register 61 FR 2817 has been

amended as follows:

1. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph A should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must be preference

entities in accordance with section 9(c)

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939,

43 U.S.C. 485h(c), as amended and

supplemented.’’

2. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph B should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must be located

within the currently established

PSMBP—ED marketing area.’’

3. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph C should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must not be

currently receiving benefits, directly or

indirectly, from a current PSMBP—ED

firm power allocation. Qualified Native

American applicants are not subject to

this requirement.’’

4. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph D should read

‘‘Qualified utility and nonutility

applicants must be able to use the firm

power directly or be able to sell it

directly to retail customers.’’

5. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph E should read

‘‘Qualified utility applicants that desire

to purchase power from Western for

resale to consumers, including

municipalities, cooperatives, public

utility districts, and public power

districts, must have utility status by

December 31, 1996. Utility status means

the entity has responsibility to meet

load growth, has a distribution system,

and is ready, willing, and able to

purchase Federal power from Western

on a wholesale basis.’’

6. Section III, General Allocation

Criteria, Paragraph E should read

‘‘Allocations made to qualified utility

and nonutility applicants will be based

on the loads experienced in the 1994

summer season and the 1994–95 winter

season. Western will apply the Post1985 Marketing Plan criteria to these

loads.’’

7. Section III, General Allocation

Criteria, Paragraph J should read ‘‘The

maximum allocation for qualified utility

and nonutility applicants shall be 5,000

kilowatts (kW).’’

8. Section V, Applications for Firm

Power, Paragraph B.1.b.i. should read

‘‘Utility and nonutility applicants:’’

9. Section V, Applications for Firm

Power, Paragraph B.1.b.i.(1) should read

‘‘If applicable, number and type of

customers served; i.e., residential,

commercial, industrial, military base,

agricultural.’’

ADDRESSES: All written comments and

Applicant Profile Data should be

directed to the following address: Mr.

Gerald C. Wegner, Acting Regional

Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, Post Office Box 35800,

Billings, MT 59107–5800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert J. Harris, Power Marketing

Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, Post Office Box 35800,

Billings, MT 59107–5800, (406) 247–

7394.

Issued at Golden, Colorado, May 22, 1996.

J. M. Shafer,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–14055 Filed 6–4–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5514–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Vehicle

Emission Control Defect Survey

Questionnaire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), 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: Vehicle

Emission Control Defect Survey

Questionnaire (OMB Control No. 2060–

0047, approved through 5/31/96). The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0184.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Vehicle Emission Control Defect

Survey Questionnaire (OMB Control No.

2060–0047; EPA ICR No. 0184.05)

expiring 5/31/96. This ICR is requesting

an extension of a currently approved

collection activity.

Abstract: The Vehicle Compliance

Programs Group (VCPG) of the Vehicle

Programs and Compliance Division

(VPCD) and the Engine Compliance

Programs Group (ECPG) of the Engine

Programs and Compliance Division

(EPCD), Office of Mobile Sources

(OMS), Office of Air and Radiation

(OAR), uses this information collection

to gather additional data to supplement

in-use testing programs as well as

provide possible evidence in support of

EPA’s position during an administrative

hearing. When EPA orders a

manufacturer to recall a certain class of

motor vehicles (in accordance with CAA

section 207(c)) but the manufacturer

disagrees with EPA’s findings, the

manufacturer may request an

administrative hearing. During such a

hearing, EPA must make a detailed

presentation of facts showing that the

class of vehicles in question should

indeed be recalled. Facts to be included

in such a presentation consist of

information on the maintenance and