Wyoming Interstate Company; Application

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.

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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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