[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5679-5680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2133]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-173-000]


Wyoming Interstate Company; Application

January 24, 1995.
    Take notice that on January 23, 1995, Wyoming Interstate Company, 
(WIC), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an 
order granting permission and approval to abandon a transportation 
service provided by WIC for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 
(Columbia) accompanied by Columbia's payment of an exit fee to WIC, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that WIC and Columbia entered into a Service Agreement 
dated August 15, 1983 (Service Agreement), covered by Rate Schedule T 
of WIC's FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, which provides 
for the transportation of up to 83,000 Mcf per day from the 
interconnection between Overthrust Pipeline Company and WIC at the 
westernmost point of WIC's system to the interconnect between WIC and 
Trailblazer Pipeline Company at the easternmost point of WIC's system. 
WIC states that the Service Agreement has a termination date of January 
1, 2004. However, pursuant to an Exist Fee Agreement (Exit Agreement) 
between WIC and Columbia, the parties have agreed among other things, 
to terminate Columbia's contractual obligation under the Service 
Agreement through the payment of a negotiated exit fee by Columbia to 
WIC in consideration for WIC's agreement to early termination and 
abandonment of the Service Agreement. WIC requests that the abandonment 
be effective upon the approval date as defined in the Exit Agreement 
(included as Exhibit U to the application). WIC also requests authority 
to charge an exit fee as provided in the Exit Agreement.
    WIC states that Columbia has informed it that Columbia has 
restructured its services pursuant to Order No. 636, and no longer can 
use the firm transportation service provided under the Service 
Agreement. It is stated that Columbia has sought to assign some or all 
of its capacity on WIC to its customers consistent with Order No. 636, 
and has posted the availability of said capacity on its electronic 
bulletin board as well as on WIC's electronic bulletin board, and has 
been unsuccessful in finding any party or parties desirous of taking 
over Columbia's entitlement.
    WIC states that the abandonment authorization requested herein by 
WIC would terminate the transportation service for Columbia, which 
Columbia no longer requires. Therefore, WIC believes that the 
information and data set forth herein show that the abandonment of the 
transportation service sought by WIC for Columbia and the imposition of 
an exit fee by WIC for early termination and abandonment 
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    WIC states that it has not proposed to reallocate Columbia's 
responsibility for the system costs to other shippers. Accordingly, WIC 
intends to retain the exit fee payment from Columbia. WIC proposes to 
continue to market the capacity freedup by Columbia's exit, but based 
upon the presently-available markets for such capacity on a firm basis, 
WIC contends that it may well be years before WIC can find parties to 
replace Columbia. Should other shippers be found, WIC states that any 
ultimate reconciliation of exist-fee payment, payments by new shippers 
and the loss of Columbia's responsibility for system costs must take 
account of the fact that Columbia is paying only a fraction of the net 
present value of its contract.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 3, 1995, 
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 National 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 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 WIC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-2182 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5141-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or to obtain 
a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at 202-260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

    Title: New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart E) for Municipal Incinerators-Reporting and Record Keeping 
Requirements. (EPA ICR No. 1058.05.; OMB No. 2060-0040). This is a 
request for renewal of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: This ICR is for an extension of an existing information 
collection in support of the NSPS for Particulate Matter (PM) as 
established by the Clean Air Act. In accordance with the general 
requirements under 40 CFR 60.7-60.8, and the specific requirements for 
PM emissions by municipal incinerators under 40 CFR 60.5-60.54, subject 
facilities must comply with certain reporting, monitoring and 
recordkeeping requirements.
    Owners and operators of new sources subject to this NSPS must 
submit to EPA: (1) Notification of the date of construction or 
reconstruction; (2) notification of the anticipated and actual dates of 
start-up; and (3) initial performance test results. The program is 
currently updating municipal incinerator performance standards and 
anticipates no expansion of the reporting universe before the new 
regulations are released; the program expects no reporting burden for 
this ICR. Owners and operators of any existing facility must notify EPA 
of (1) any physical or operational change to their facility which may 
result in an increase in the regulated pollutant emission rate. All 
sources must also maintain records on the incinerator operation that 
include: (1) The occurrence and duration of any start-up, shutdowns and 
malfunctions; (2) initial performance test results; and (3) daily 
charging rates and operating hours. The information collected will be 
used by the EPA for compliance monitoring, inspection and enforcement 
efforts directed at ensuring facility compliance with this NSPS.
    Presently, there are an estimated 93 facilities subject to the 
regulation. All subject facilities must maintain records related to 
compliance for two years.
    Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection 
of information is 0 hours and the recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 89 hours per facility 
annually. This estimate includes the time needed to review 
instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain the 
data needed, and complete and review the collection of information.
    Estimated No. of Recordkeepers: 93.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Recordkeepers: 8,277 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Daily for recordkeeping.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to:

Ms. Sandy Farmer,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,Information 
Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and

Mr. Chris Wolz, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 20, 1995.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 95-2133 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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