Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices 35729

Interest Rates for Direct Subsidized,

Direct Unsubsidized, Direct Subsidized

Consolidation, and Direct Unsubsidized

Consolidation Loans

Loans first disbursed prior to July 1,

1995. Pursuant to section 455(b)(1) of

the Act, the Assistant Secretary has

determined the interest rate for the

period July 1, 1996, through June 30,

1997, to be 8.25 percent.

Loans first disbursed on or after July

1, 1995. (a) During the in-school, grace,

and deferment periods. Pursuant to

section 455(b)(2) of the Act, the

Assistant Secretary has determined the

interest rate for the period July 1, 1996,

through June 30, 1997, to be 7.66

percent.

(b) During all other periods. Pursuant

to section 455(b)(1) of the Act, the

Assistant Secretary has determined the

interest rate for the period July 1, 1996,

through June 30, 1997, to be 8.25

percent.

Interest Rates for Direct PLUS and

Direct PLUS Consolidation Loans

Pursuant to section 455(b)(4) of the

Act, the Assistant Secretary has

determined the interest rate for the

period July 1, 1996, through June 30,

1997, to be 8.72 percent. (20 U.S.C.

1087e).

Dated: July 1, 1996.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 96–17243 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–579–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Application

July 1, 1996.

Take notice that on June 18, 1996,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80944, filed a request,

pursuant to §§ 157.205, 157.212, and

157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations, for authorization: (1) to

abandon its existing Amoco Delivery

Line to Amoco’s Wattenberg Plant and

(2) to construct new pipeline delivery

facilities in Adams County, Colorado,

all under CIG’s blanket certificate,

issued in Docket No. CP83–21–000.

Take notice also that, by letter dated

June 28, 1996, CIG requested that its

June 18, 1996, request be converted into

a combined application: (1) for

authorization to abandon its Amoco

Delivery Line, pursuant to section 7(b)

of the Natural Gas Act; and (2) for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity to construct the

aforementioned pipeline delivery

facilities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations, all as more

fully set forth in the application, which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

The Commission issued a certificate

to CIG in an order issued December 8,

1992, in Docket No. CP92–470–000,

authorizing it to: (1) Construct the

existing Amoco Delivery Line, which

consists of approximately 0.8 miles of

16-inch diameter pipeline and connects

CIG’S 16-inch diameter 52–A line to

Amoco’s Wattenberg Plant; (2) construct

CIG’s Enterprise Lateral, which consists

of approximately 21.5 miles of 16-inch

diameter pipeline and connects to CIG’s

52–A line; and (3) convert that segment

of the 52–A line which lies between the

Enterprise Lateral and Amoco Delivery

Line connections (approximately 23.9

miles of the 52–A line) into a supply

lateral.

The affected segment of 52–A had

previously been used to transport gas in

and out of CIG’s Fort Morgan facility

and Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd.’s

Young Storage Field. In the December 8,

1992 order, the Commission held that

lines 52–A and 52–B are facilities

required to test, develop or utilize an

underground storage field, and that (as

such) the 52–A and/or 52–B may not be

modified under the automatic

authorization provisions of § 157.208 of

the regulations. The Commission also

stated that 52–A and 52–B are not

eligible facilities under

§ 157.202(b)(2)(ii)(D) of the regulations,

and that ‘‘CIG may not perform

miscellaneous re-arrangement of either

line absent case-specific certificate

authorization.’’

CIG now proposes to abandon its 16-

inch diameter Amoco Delivery Line and

construct approximately 23.9 miles of

10-inch diameter pipeline that would

parallel its 52–A and 52–B lines. CIG

also proposes to construct a new 0.8

mile, 10-inch diameter delivery line to

the Wattenberg Plant to replace the 16-

inch Amoco Delivery Line. CIG plans to

lay the new 10-inch delivery line in the

right-of-way currently occupied by the

16-inch Amoco Delivery Line. CIG also

proposes to convert the aforementioned

segment of its 52–A line back to its

original function. CIG estimates that the

proposed facilities will cost $2.9

million.

Any person desiring to be heard, or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should, on or before July 22,

1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington

D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or

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 the 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, or

if the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

and/or a grant of the certificate 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 CIG to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–17201 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–596–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 1, 1996.

Take notice that on June 25, 1996, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

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

filed in Docket No. CP96–596–000 a

request pursuant to §§ 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

delivery point in Maricopa County,

Arizona to permit the transportation and