36044 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 9, 1996 / Notices

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:

10:00 am Welcome—Agenda Review—

Approval of Minutes

10:15 am Co-Chairs’ Comments

10:45 am Subcommittee Reports

Community Outreach

Budget and Finance

Nominations

Program and Training

Policy and Personnel

11:15 am Updates

Occurrence Reports—DOE

Gerald Johnson Update

Pantex Fatality Update, Paul Sowa

12:00 pm Lunch

12:30 pm Presentation

1:30 pm Task Force Reports

Site-wide Environmental Impact

Statement

Environmental Restoration

2:00 pm 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 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 am to 10:00 pm, Monday

through Thursday; 7:45 am to 5:00 pm

on Friday; 8:30 am to 12:00 noon on

Saturday; and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm 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 am to

7:00 pm on Monday; 9:00 am to 5:00

pm, 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 July 3, 1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–17433 Filed 7–08–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

(FERC–598)

July 2, 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 and

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

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract

The information collected under the

requirements of FERC–598

‘‘Determinations for Entities Seeking

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status’’

OMB No. 1902–0166) is used by the

Commission to implement the statutory

provisions of Section 711 of the Energy

Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), Public Law

102–46 which amended the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

(PUHCA) to create a category of power

producers. Section 2(a)(11)(B) define an

EWG as an entity engaged directly, or

indirectly through one or more affiliates

in the business exclusively of owning

and/or operating all or part of one or

more eligible facilities, and selling

electric energy at wholesale. The

Commission implements these filing

requirements in the code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR Part

365.

Action

The Commission is requesting a threeyear extension of the current expiration

date, with no changes to the existing

collection of data. The Commission did

not receive any comments in response

to the public notice published in the

Federal Register, April 12, 1996 (61 FR,

16904–05).

Burden Statement

Public reporting burden for this

collection is estimated as

No. of respondents annually

No. of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total annual

burden hours

(1) (2) (3) (1)×(2)×(3)

280 ................................................................................................................................................ 1 6 hours 1,680 hours.
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Estimated cost burden to respondents:

1,680 hours/2,087 hours per year ×

$102,000 per year = $82,108.

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. 96–17405 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–595–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 2, 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. CP96–595–000, a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.212) for

authorization to upgrade and relocate

the existing Chandler No. 3 Meter

Station (meter station) located in

Maricopa, Arizona, under Northern’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–432–000 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.

El Paso proposes to upgrade and

relocate a meter station to make

additional firm deliveries of natural gas

to Southwest Gas Corporation

(Southwest) for service to Chandler,

Arizona, and environs. El Paso asserts

that Southwest has requested additional

firm service and that the present meter

station is unable to accommodate such

delivery. It is further asserted that, by

letter agreement dated November 22,

1994, El Paso and Southwest have

agreed that El Paso would therefore

upgrade the existing meter station. El

Paso states that, in order to facilitate

ease of maintenance and to eliminate a

potentially hazardous situation, El Paso

has elected to relocate the existing meter

station approximately 53 feet north on

the Tucson-Phoenix Line and the

Tucson-Phoenix Loop Line.

It is indicated that the proposed

quantity of natural gas to be transported

on a firm basis to the upgraded meter

station is estimated to be 511,636 Mcf

annually during the third full year of

operation. It is further indicated that the

estimated maximum peak day gas

requirement at the meter station during

the third calendar year of service is

13,680 Mcf. El Paso asserts the gas will

be used by Southwest to satisfy the

residential, residential space heating,

commercial, commercial space heating,

and the industrial requirements of

customers in Chandler, Arizona, and

environs. El Paso states that the

proposed firm transportation of gas to

Southwest at the meter station will have

a negligible effect on El Paso’s 1995

peak day and total annual transportation

quantities. El Paso further states that

estimated cost of the proposed facilities

is $101,500, which Southwest has

agreed to reimburse El Paso.

Any person or the Commission Staff

may, within 45 days of the 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 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 activities 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 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. 96–17346 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01M

[Docket No. CP96–610–000]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Application

July 2, 1996.

Take notice that on July 1, 1996,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

(Granite State), 300 Friberg Parkway,

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581,

filed in Docket No. CP96–610–000, an

application pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity authorizing the construction

and operation of a liquefied natural gas

(LNG) facility in Wells, Maine, to serve

Northern Utilities, Inc. (Northern

Utilities), pursuant to new Rate

Schedule LNG–1, all as more fully set

forth in the application which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Granite State submits that the LNG

facility proposed in this application is

identical to the one proposed in Docket

No. CP–95–52–000, that was dismissed

without prejudice to resubmitting the

proposal changing its use from baseload

to peakshaving service. According to

Granite State, this resubmitted filing

reflects a change in the nature of the

service to be provided by such facility

from winter baseload to peakshaving.

Granite State further states that the

LNG facility is necessary to replace

Northern Utilities’ volumes currently

flowing using capacity leased on the

Portland Pipe Line Corporation’s oil line

that has been converted to natural gas

use. According to Granite State, the

lease is set to expire on April 30, 1998,

and Granite State proposes an in-service

date of November 1, 1998 for the

proposed LNG facility, the first day of

the first heating season after the lease

expires.

Granite State states that Northern

Utilities has contracted for

transportation service on the Portland

Natural Gas Transmission System

(PNGTS) which also has a proposed inservice date of November 1, 1998.

However, Granite State maintains that

the LNG facility may be necessary for

winter baseload service for Northern

Utilities if PNGTS is not in service by

that date. After PNGTS is in service, the

LNG facility would provide peakshaving

service to Northern Utilities.

According to information contained

in the application, once the LNG facility

is functioning as a peakshaver it would

be operated in a fashion that would

allow deliverability from the facility to

increase by almost 150%. Accordingly,

Granite State’s resubmitted filing

contains a revised precedent agreement