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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

—Erosion control.

—Facility site and right-of-way

restoration.

—Soil contamination.

• Water Resources

—Potential to affect water quality and

riparian resources.

—Cooling water discharge into the

Providence River.

• Biological Resources

—Effect of facility construction and

operation on wildlife and fisheries

habitat, including wintering

waterfowl.

—Effect on wetland habitats.

• Cultural Resources

—Effect on historic and prehistoric

sites.

—Native American and tribal

concerns.

• Socioeconomics

—Impact of a peak workforce of about

225 workers on the surrounding

area.

• Land Use

—Impact on state areas of critical

environmental concern.

—Impact on residences and recreation

areas.

• Air Quality and Noise

—Air quality and noise impacts

associated with construction.

—Impact on regional air quality and

noise-sensitive areas associated

with operation of the proposed LNG

facility.

• Public Safety

—Compliance with 49 CFR 193.

We will also evaluate possible

pipeline and technology 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.

Public Participation/Scoping Meeting

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 pipeline 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., NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP96–517–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Mr.

Chris Zerby, EA Project Manager,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First St., NE, Room 72–55,

Washington, D.C. 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, D.C. on

or before July 26, 1996.

Beyond asking for written comments,

we will hold a public scoping meeting

during the week of July 15, 1996 (time,

date and location will be noticed at a

late date). This public meeting will be

designed to provide you with more

detailed information and another

opportunity to offer your comments on

the proposed project.

At a later date (time, date and location

will be noticed at a later date) the FERC

staff will meet with representatives of

ALNG to conduct a cryogenic design

and engineering review of the proposed

LNG facilities.

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 fling timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now 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 late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your scoping

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mr.

Chris Zerby, EA Project Manager, at

(202) 208–0111.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16532 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–569–000, et al.]

Michigan Gas Storage Company, et al.;

Natural Gas Certificate Filings

June 21, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Michigan Gas Storage Company

[Docket No. CP96–569–000]

Take notice that on June 13, 1996, as

supplemented on June 20, 1996,

Michigan Gas Storage Company

(Michigan Gas), 212 West Michigan

Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, filed

in Docket No. CP96–569–000, a request

pursuant to Sections 157.211 and

157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.211 and 157.216) for

authorization to install two delivery

taps and abandon one delivery tap in

Oakland County, Michigan, in order to

serve Consumers Power Company

(Consumers), under the blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP84–

451–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically, Michigan Gas states it

plans to install a 22-inch tap at the

Squirrel Road Valve Site in Orion

Township, and a 20-inch tap at the

Dutton Road Valve Site in Oakland

Township, both on its Line 600 in

Oakland County, Michigan. Michigan

Gas explains that Consumers has

requested these delivery taps be

constructed in conjunction with a new

transmission line being built on

Consumers’ system under a certificate

granted by the Michigan Public Service

Commission in Case U–10925.

Michigan Gas explains that deliveries

through these taps will be made to and

from Michigan Gas’ system dependent

upon the time of year and whether

Consumers is withdrawing or injecting

gas from its nearby storage fields.

Michigan Gas states that these new

delivery taps, in conjunction with

Consumers’ new transmission line, will

increase the peak day capacity of the

integrated system by about 400 MMcf/

d, in order to meet the design peak loads

of Consumers’ sales and end use
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transport customers. Michigan Gas

states that the transfer of gas will be

made primarily under Michigan Gas’

NNS and IT Tariffs. Michigan Gas says

that the total deliveries through the taps

will not exceed the authorized volumes

in transport contracts under Michigan

Gas’ existing tariffs. Michigan Gas

relates that the new delivery taps are not

prohibited by any existing Michigan Gas

tariff.

Further, Michigan Gas requests

authority, under Section 157.216 of the

Commission’s regulations, to abandon

its existing Dutton Road delivery tap

because that tap will, at the request of

Consumers, the only customer directly

served by that facility, be replaced by

the new Dutton Road delivery tap.

Michigan Gas estimates the cost of the

delivery taps to be $175,000, which will

be reimbursed to it by Consumers.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

2. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP96–574–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84108, filed a request with

the Commission in Docket No. CP96–

574–000, pursuant to Sections 157.205,

157.211 and 157.216(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to abandon existing meter facilities and

appurtenances of its Yelm Meter Station

and constructing and operating

upgraded replacements to accommodate

Washington National Gas Company

(Washington Natural) for additional

delivery capacity authorized in blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

433–000, all as more fully set forth in

the request on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Northwest proposes to remove the

existing 2-inch rotary meter and

appurtenances and install a new 3-inch

turbine meter and appurtenances at the

Yelm Meter Station, located in Thurston

County, Washington. Northwest states

that the proposed meter replacement

will increase the design capacity of the

station from 1,400 Dth per day to

approximately 2,200 Dth per day at the

400 psig contract pressure. The

estimated cost of the proposed facility

upgrade would be approximately

76,900, which would be reimbursed by

Washington Natural.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

3. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America

[Docket No. CP96–575–000]

Take notice that on June 17, 1996,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Applicant), 701 East 22nd

Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act, for authority to abandon, by

sale to Valero Transmission, L.P.

(Valero), its Luby-Petronilla Lateral

consisting of 17.15 miles of 8-inch

pipeline lateral and related facilities.

Valero intends to pay Applicant

$775,000 for the facilities. Applicant

requests a Commission determination

that the facilities will be nonjurisdictional after transfer to Valero.

Comment date: July 12, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph F

at the end of this notice.

4. El Paso Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96–578–000]

Take notice that on June 18, 1996, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978,

filed in Docket No. CP96–578–000 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 construct and operate a

new delivery point in Pecos County,

Texas to permit the interruptible

transportation and delivery of natural

gas to Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation

(Delhi), under El Paso’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

435–000 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.

El Paso states that Delhi desires to

augment its system supplies within the

State of Texas and has requested that El

Paso provide transportation service

pursuant to a Transportation Service

Agreement (TSA) dated March 29, 1996.

This TSA provides for the interruptible

transportation of natural gas by El Paso

for Delhi from any point of

interconnection on El Paso’s mainline

facilities located in Anadarko, Permian

and San Juan Basins to a proposed point

of delivery in Pecos County, Texas and

any other existing delivery points.

El Paso states that the proposed

quantity of natural gas to be transported

on an interruptible basis to the Delhi

W2 Delivery Point is estimated to be

5,475,000 Mcf annually or an average of

15,000 Mcf per day, and the estimated

maximum peak day natural gas

requirement at the Delhi W2 Delivery

Point is 50,000 Mcf.

In order to facilitate the delivery of

gas under the TSA, the request for

authorization states that a new delivery

point on El Paso’s 24′′ O.D. Line from

Oasis Meter Station to 123⁄4′′ O.D.

Suction Line in Pecos County, Texas

would be constructed by El Paso to

provide Delhi with additional flexibility

in acquiring gas supplies to serve their

growing markets.

Accordingly, El Paso requests

authorization to construct and operate

the new Delhi W2 Delivery Point. The

request states the estimated cost of the

new delivery point to El Paso is

$58,900, and that Delhi has agreed to

reimburse El Paso for the costs related

to the construction of the Delhi W2

Delivery Point.

In addition, Delhi has advised El Paso

that Delhi will construct the meter run

facility at the Delhi W2 Delivery Point.

El Paso has also been advised that Delhi

will install appurtenant pipeline and

regulation facilities to connect its

intrastate pipeline system with the

proposed delivery point. El Paso further

states that its environmental analysis

supports the conclusion that

construction and operation of the

proposed Delhi W2 Delivery Point

would not be a major Federal action

significantly affecting the human

environment.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

5. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP96–580–000]

Take notice that on June 19, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84108, filed a request with

the Commission in Docket No. CP96–

580–000, pursuant to Sections 157.205,

157.211 and 157.216(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to abandon certain inefficient facilities

and to construct and operate modified

replacement facilities at their Covinton

Meter Station authorized in blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

433–000, all as more fully set forth in

the request on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Northwest proposes to modify the

Covinton Meter Station located in King

County, Washington by replacing the

two existing 6-inch orifice meters and

appurtenances with two new 6-inch

turbine meter and appurtenances.

Northwest states that these

modifications would increase the

maximum design capacity of the meters

from 21,500 Dth per day to

approximately 26,167 Dth per day at a

delivery pressure of 300 psig. The
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estimated cost of the proposed facility

replacements would be $100,632.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

6. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP96–581–000]

Take notice that on June 19, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84158, filed in Docket No.

CP96–581–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate the new Merlin Meter

Station in Josephine County, Oregon to

deliver natural gas to The Washington

Water Power Company (Water Power), a

local distribution company, under

Northwest’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–433–000 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.

Northwest proposes to construct and

operate the new Merlin Meter Station

consisting of a 2-inch hot tap, two 1-

inch regulators, two 2-inch rotary

meters, inlet and outlet piping and

appurtenances at approximately

milepost 126.95 on Northwest’s Eugene

to Grants Pass Lateral in Section 21,

Township 35 South, Range 5 West,

Josephine County, Oregon. The

proposed Merlin Meter Station will

have a design capacity of approximately

700 Dth per day at a delivery pressure

of 300 psig. Northwest estimates that the

total cost for the proposed meter station

to be $201,715.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

7. Northern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96–584–000]

Take notice that on June 19, 1996,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), P.O. Box 3330, Omaha,

Nebraska 68103–0330, filed in Docket

No. CP96–584–000, a request pursuant

to Sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of

the Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.216) for authorization to abandon

23 small volume measuring facilities

located in Iowa, Minnesota, and

Nebraska, under Northern’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

401–000 and Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the

request which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Northern asserts that it has the

consent of each end-user to remove the

measuring stations from their property.

Northern states that the facilities to be

abandoned are jurisdictional facilities

under the NGA and were constructed

pursuant to superseded 2.55 regulations,

budget, or blanket authority, depending

on the year the facilities were originally

placed in-service.

Comment date: August 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

F. Any person desiring to be heard or

make any protest with reference to said

filing should on or before the comment

date file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., 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 385.211 and

385.214) 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

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

filing 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 is 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 the applicant to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

G. Any person or the Commission’s

staff may, within 45 days after the

issuance of the instant notice by the

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules

(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

therefore, 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. 96–16566 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00185; FRL–5370–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Requests (ICRs) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). Before

submitting the ICRs to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

information collections described

below. The ICRs are: (1) A continuing

ICR entitled ‘‘Pre-Manufacture Review

Reporting and Exemption Requirements

for New Chemical Substances and

Significant New Use Reporting

Requirements for Chemical

Substances,’’ EPA ICR No. 0574, OMB

No. 2070-0012, and (2) a continuing ICR

entitled ‘‘Polychlorinated Biphenyls

(PCBs): Exclusions, Exemptions and Use

Authorizations,’’ EPA ICR No. 1001,

OMB No. 2070-0008. 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 in 40 CFR part 9.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit three copies of all

written comments to: TSCA Document

Receipts (7407), Room NE-G99, Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,