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registration requirements and provides

for the maintenance of evidence that

registrants have attended ethics training

as required by Commission rules.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on this information collection

should contact Jeff Hill, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 3228,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20502, (202)

395–7340. Copies of the submission are

available from Joe F. Mink, Agency

Clearance Officer, (202) 254–9735.

Title: Regulations and Forms Relating

to Registration with the Commission.

Control Number: 3038–0023.

Action: Extension.

Respondents: APs of FCMs, IBs,

CPOs, CTAs and APs and FCMs, IBs,

CPOs and CTAs.

Estimated Annual Burden: 18,910.50

hours.

Regulation

(17 CFR)

Estimated

number of respondents

Annual

responses

Est. avg.

hours per

response

Respondents:

APs .................................................................................................................... 3.12 25.00 25.00 .50

CTAs, CPOs, FCMs and IBs ............................................................................ 3.32 15.00 15.00 .20

3.34 55,000.00 55,000.00 .33

Recordkeepers ......................................................................................................... 3.34 5,800.00 5,800.00 .10

Issued in Washington, DC on June 17,

1996.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–15853 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO.: 84.031G]

Endowment Challenge Grant Program;

Cancellation of competition for new

awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1996

SUMMARY: On August 10, 1995 a notice

was published in the Federal Register

(60 FR 40965) inviting applications for

new awards under the Endowment

Challenge Grant Program for FY 1996.

Since the Congress did not appropriate

FY 1996 funds for the Endowment

Challenge Grant Program, the

Department of Education cancels the

competition for new awards for FY 1996

under this program. The Department

will not make new awards in FY 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Louis J. Venuto, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Portals Building, Suite 600C,

Washington, D.C. 20202–5337.

Telephone: (202) 708–8839. Internet

address: Louis—Venuto@ED.GOV; Fax:

(202) 401–7532. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1065.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 96–15904 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension to the ‘‘Recordkeeping

Requirements of DOE’s General

Allocation and Price Rules,’’ ERA–766R.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by August 20, 1996. If you

anticipate that you will be submitting

comments, but find it difficult to do so

within the period of time allowed by

this notice, you should advise the

contact listed below of your intention to

do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESS: Send comments to Dan

Bullington, General Counsel, GC–90,

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20585–0103. Telephone (202) 586–

7364, FAX (202) 586–0422.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for

additional information should be

directed to Dan Bullington at the

address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No.

93–275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91),

the Energy Information Administration

is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

The Energy Information

Administration, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing requirements. This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden is minimized,

reporting forms are clearly understood,

and the impact of collection or

recordkeeping requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

The recordkeeping requirements are

authorized by section 203(a)(1) of the

Economic Stabilization Act (ESA) of

1970, as amended (Pub. L. 92–210, 85

State. 743) and by section 13(g) of the

Federal Energy Administration Act

(FEAA) of 1974, as amended (Pub. L.

93–275).

The Economic Regulatory

Administration (ERA) proposes to

extend for three years the limited

recordkeeping requirements presently

contained in 10 CFR 210.1. The

antecedent regulation was narrowed by

amendment in January 1985.

The record retention requirements of

10 CFR 210.1 do not mandate the

creation or retention of any new records.

Instead, they require firms to preserve

only historical records relating to
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compliance with the petroleum

regulations.

The proposed extension of 10 CFR

210.1 will enable the ERA to continue

its efforts to complete the enforcement

program with respect to prior petroleum

price and allocation regulations.

II. Current Actions

This is an extension with no change

of the existing requirements. The

requirements are proposed to be

extended for a period of three years,

from October 31, 1996 to October 31,

1999.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

General Issues

EIA is interested in receiving

comments from persons regarding

whether the proposed recordkeeping

requirements are necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of

the agency.

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions regarding the

recordkeeping requirements clear and

sufficient? If not, which instructions

require clarification?

B. Can data be maintained as

specified in the recordkeeping

requirements?

C. Public reporting burden for the

recordkeeping requirements are

estimated to average 4 hours per

respondent. Burden includes the total

time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

or 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; (5) searching data

sources; (6) completing and reviewing

the information; and (7) transmitting, or

otherwise disclosing the information.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of this

requirement, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

D. What are the estimated (1) total

dollar amount annualized for capital

and start-up costs, and (2) recurring

annual dollar amount of operation and

maintenance and purchase of services

costs associated with this requirement?

The estimates should take into account

the costs associated with generating,

maintaining, and disclosing or

providing the information.

Estimates should not include

purchases of equipment or services

made as part of customary and usual

business practices, or the cost of any

burden hours. EIA estimates that there

are no additional costs other than those

that the respondent incurs in keeping

the information for its own uses.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the form. They also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC., June 13, 1996.

Yvonne M. Bishop,

Director, Office of Statistical Standards,

Energy Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–15871 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–566–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

June 17, 1996.

Take notice that on June 11, 1996,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 McCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314–

1599, filed in Docket No. CP96–566–000

a request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for

authorization to establish a new

delivery point to accommodate

deliveries of gas transported on a firm

basis for Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania,

Inc. (CPA), in Adams County,

Pennsylvania, under Columbia’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–

76–000, pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Columbia proposes to construct and

operate a 2-inch tap, approximately 25

feet of 2-inch pipeline and a filter

separator in order to deliver up to 85 dt

equivalent of natural gas per day to CPA

at a delivery point to be known as the

Pheasant Meadows delivery point.

Columbia states that it would transport

the gas for CPA under its blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP86–

240–000 and pursuant to the terms of its

Rate Schedule SST. It is asserted that

Columbia would reduce the Maximum

Daily Delivery Obligation at its

Abbottstown delivery point by 85 dt

equivalent of natural gas per day in

order to accommodate the deliveries at

the Pheasant Meadows point without

increasing CPA’s daily entitlement. It is

stated that the end use of the gas would

be residential, for the Pheasant

Meadows subdivision. It is estimated

that the cost of facilities for the

proposed delivery point would be

$25,000, for which Columbia would be

reimbursed 100 percent by CPA. It is

asserted that the proposed deliveries

would not have any impact on

Columbia’s peak day obligations.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after 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 or notice of intervention 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

activity 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

within 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. 96–15814 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–552–000]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Application

June 17, 1996.

Take notice that on May 31, 1996,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street,

Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed in Docket

No. CP96–552–000 an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act for permission and approval to

abandon a sale, exchange and

transportation of natural gas involving

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Natural proposes to abandon the

services which were carried out under