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BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER02-1656-017] California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of Technical Conference December 16, 2003. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is convening a technical conference regarding the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) Revised Comprehensive Market Design Proposal 2002 (MD02), pursuant to its Order issued on October 28, 2003, 1 to further facilitate and better understand several aspects of the proposed MD02.

The conference will be held on January 28-29, 2004, at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC beginning at 9 a.m. in a room to be announced at a later date. 1 California Independent System Operator Corporation, 105 FERC ¶ 61,140

(2003)(October 28 Order). The conference will focus on the flexible offer obligation proposal, the residual unit commitment process, pricing for constrained-output generators, marginal losses, and ancillary services. Participants are requested to restrict their contributions to this conference to these and other market efficiency issues not related to the mitigation of market power. Market Power Mitigation will be the focus of a second technical conference proposed to be held in early March 2004. In the October 28 Order, the Commission also sought additional information and explanation from the CAISO in relation to certain elements of the MD02 proposal. Concurrently with this Notice the Commission Staff requests certain supplemental information from the CAISO to further clarify issues relating to certain aspects of the MD02 proposal, and to prepare for the March 2004 second technical conference. The dates by which the CAISO will be required to file information with the Commission are set out in a timetable in the Attachment to this Notice. Interested participants are also invited to submit information and comments arising from the October 28 Order, the technical conference held in California on November 6, 2003, and from the additional information that will be submitted by the CAISO. Participants are also requested to submit information and comments to the Commission by the due dates listed in the timetable in the Attachment. A second technical conference will be held in early March 2004 to finalize the outstanding issues relating to implementation of MD02, particularly the design of measures for the mitigation of market power, including local market power mitigation and treatment of imports. A separate notice of technical conference will be issued by the Commission in early February 2004 announcing the date and location of the second technical conference, and a final agenda. The conference is open for the public to attend, and registration is not required. For more information about the conference, please contact: Olga Kolotushkina at

(202)502-6024 or at *olga.kolotushkina@ferc.gov* . Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. Timetable for Submissions 1. Information on Market Issues to be filed by the CAISO—by January 7, 2004 Pursuant to the October 28 Order, the Commission requests that the CAISO clarify the following issues by January 7, 2004, so that interested participants may both respond and better prepare for discussions at the MD02 Technical Conference to be held on January 28-29, 2004. • Clarification of the CAISO's approach to allocation of marginal losses—refer to ¶ 78 of the October 28 Order. • Revised pricing mechanism for setting prices for constrained output generators in the forward market—refer to ¶ 89 of the October 28 Order. • Further clarification of the statement by the CAISO that it “does not prohibit energy from capacity committed in the day-ahead RUC from being sold by the unit owner via any bilateral transaction in the hour-ahead market, including sales to other Control Areas”—refer to ¶ 123 of the October 28 Order. • Additional clarification on the CAISO's concern that a purchase of only capacity may undermine incentive to imports to acquire transmission capacity across ties as part of the residual unit commitment process—refer to ¶ 127 of the October 28 Order. 2. Information on Market Issues To Be Filed by Other Participants—by January 14, 2004 * Participants are invited to file reply comments by Wednesday, January 14, 2004, in response to: • The CAISO's submission under item 1 above; • Any other market issues, other than market power mitigation, raised in the October 28 Order; and • The discussions relating to market issues, other than market power mitigation, that occurred at the November 6, 2003 Technical Conference held in California. * The Commission requests that submissions be limited to market issues other than market power mitigation measures. Market power mitigation and resource adequacy issues will be the focus of the second Technical Conference to be held in early March. The Commission will issue a formal notice announcing the second conference in early February. 3. Information Requested From CAISO Under Request Issued on December 16, 2003—by January 12, 2004 4. Comments of Other Participants in Response to Information Submitted by the CAISO Under Data Request—Anticipated Date January 26, 2004 Formal notice inviting comments from interested participants relating to CAISO's submission pursuant to the Data Request will be published by the Commission as soon as practicable after the CAISO has submitted the requested information. It is anticipated that the date by which such comments should be filed will be January 26, 2004. This will be specified in the notice. [FR Doc. E3-00623 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP04-31-000] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 9, 2003, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CenterPoint), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-5231, filed in Docket No. CP04-31-000 pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, an application for permission and approval to abandon certain facilities located in Panola County, Texas. Specifically, CenterPoint proposes to abandon one rural tap and appurtenant facilities located on Line ST-1B, all as more fully described in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the web at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link, select “Docket #” and follow the instructions. Call

(202)208-2222 for assistance. CenterPoint states that it provides natural gas transportation service to CenterPoint Energy-Entex (Entex), an affiliated distribution company that serves two rural domestic customers on CenterPoint's Line ST-1B. CenterPoint avows that Line ST-1B was installed in 1954 for the primary purpose of receiving gas supplies from producers and transporting those supplies to CenterPont's mainline transmission system. Although installed as a gas supply facility, CenterPoint explains that the two rural taps were installed on Line ST-1B to deliver gas to Entex and its two rural customers, Mr. Ray Schultz and Mr. Ronny White. Despite the fact that no production has flowed through the line for a number of years, CenterPoint emphasizes that it nonetheless delivers gas into the line from ST-1 to maintain pressure and continue deliveries to the two rural customers. Given that the line is no longer used for the gas supply purpose for which is was intended, CenterPoint claims that continued operation of Line ST-1B exclusively for the two rural customers is neither efficient nor economical. CenterPoint states that it has offered Mr. Schultz and Mr. White the options of either converting to liquid propane gas fuel

(LPG)at CenterPoint's expense or receiving a cash payment equal to the estimated conversion costs. CenterPoint provided Mr. Schultz's letter of consent in writing, however Mr. White rejected the offer. CenterPoint claims two other arrangements for gas service were tendered to Mr.White, one of which Mr. White rejected, and the other was deemed neither efficient nor economical by CenterPoint. CenterPoint asserts that it has notified Entex of its plan to abandon Mr. White's tap upon either written consent from Mr. White or Commission authorization to abandon its delivery tap. Accordingly, CenterPoint requests permission and approval to abandon the tap to Mr. White, and to compensate him for expenses necessary to convert the existing gas service to LPG fuel. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Lawrence O. Thomas, Director—Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or call

(318)429-2804. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10) by the comment date, below. A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken; but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. Protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; *see* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *Comment Date* : December 30, 2003. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00621 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04-105-000] Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Tariff Filing December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Dominion Transmission, Inc.

(DTI)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with an effective date of January 7, 2004: Third Revised Sheet No. 0 Second Revised Sheet No. 212 First Revised Sheet No. 212A Third Revised Sheet No. 1171 Second Revised Sheet No. 2506 DTI states that the purpose of this filing is simply to revise the tariff for administrative purposes and to correct certain incorrect cross-references within the tariff. DTI states that the filing includes a series of minor tariff changes. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance with section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary”. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site under the “e-Filing” link. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00627 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP02-361-018] Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.; Notice of Negotiated Rates December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 10, 2003, Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C. (Gulfstream) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, Original Sheet No. 8O, reflecting an effective date of November 1, 2003. Gulfstream states that this filing is being made to implement negotiated rate transactions under Rate Schedules ITS and PALS, respectively, pursuant to Section 31 of the General Terms and Conditions of Gulfstream's FERC Gas Tariff. Gulfstream states that Original Sheet No. 8O identifies and describes the negotiated rate transactions, including the exact legal name of the relevant shipper, the negotiated rates, the rate schedules, the contract terms, and the contract quantities. Gulfstream also states that Sheet 8O includes footnotes where necessary to provide further details on the transactions listed thereon. Gulfstream states that copies of its filing have been mailed to all affected customers and interested state commissions. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance with section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the eLibrary. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00626 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP99-176-098] Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated Rates December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No. 26W.12, to be effective December 3, 2003. Natural states that the purpose of this filing is to terminate, effective December 3, 2003, an existing firm transportation negotiated rate transaction between Natural and Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, LP. Natural states that copies of the filing are being mailed to all parties set out on the Commission's official service list in Docket No. RP99-176. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's rules and regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance with section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the eLibrary. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

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(NJEA)filed an amendment to its application in Docket No. ER04-187-000. NJEA states that the amendment revised the applicant's proposed market based rate tariff to prohibit sales within peninsular Florida, to specify the ancillary services available for sale under the tariff, and to withdraw the proposed Service Agreement No. 1 included with the original filing. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. All such motions or protests should be filed on or before the comment date, and, to the extent applicable, must be served on the applicant and on any other person designated on the official service list. This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the eLibrary (FERRIS) link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or for TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. Protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; *see* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *Comment Date* : December 23, 2003. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00624 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP04-28-000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in Docket No. CP04-28-000 an application, as supplemented on December 11, 2003, pursuant to Northern's blanket authority granted on September 1, 1982, at Docket No. CP82-401-000 and sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations for authorization to replace, modify, and operate various pipeline facilities in Iowa, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Northern proposes to:

(1)Operate and replace by abandoning in place approximately 2.6 miles of its Grinnell 10-inch diameter branch line with 16-inch diameter pipeline located in Polk County;

(2)up-rate the maximum allowable operating pressure

(MAOP)on approximately 30 miles of the Des Moines B-Line in Boone, Dallas and Polk counties, and to operate this segment of pipeline at the higher MAOP;

(3)hydrostatically test approximately 7.7 miles of the existing Des Moines 16-inch diameter beginning at Northern's Ogden compressor station in Boone County; and

(4)install overpressure protection on its existing Des Moines B-Line at the Des Moines #1D Town Border Station. Northern estimates that it will spend $4,064,000 of internally generated funds to construct the new pipeline facilities, collectively known as the Pleasant Hill project. Northern states that it needs to construct and operate the proposed Pleasant Hill facilities in order to meet its firm contractual obligations of 96,000 MMBtu equivalent of natural gas per day to MidAmerican Energy Company (MidAmerican). 1 1 *Northern Natural Gas Company,* 103 FERC ¶ 62,028 (2003). Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Reporting for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at

(402)398-7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at

(402)398-7138. This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.fed.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or for TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. *See* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file electronically. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's procedural rules (18 CFR 855.214) 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 therefor, 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. *Comment Date* : January 6, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00619 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. GT95-11-005] Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Filing Amended Refund Report December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), formerly Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., tendered for filing an amended refund report regarding collection of Kansas ad valorem taxes in Southern Star's Docket No. GT95-11. Southern Star states that this filing is being made in compliance with a Commission Letter Order dated September 23, 2003, directing Southern Star to amend its report filed on June 5, 2003, so that Commission staff would have sufficient information to completely process the filing. Southern Star states that the filing amends the previous report by providing an annual accounting of ad valorem taxes received from producers and notes that the associated refunds were made to customers as of November 28, 2003. Southern Star states that a copy of this filing was served on all parties included on the official service list maintained by the Secretary in this proceeding. Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with section 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed on or before the protest date as shown below. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the e-Filing link. *Protest Date* : December 23, 2003. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00625 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Docket No. RP04-106-000] Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Tariff Filing December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 10, 2003 Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, First Revised Sheet No. 510, to become effective October 1, 2003. Southern Star states that the tariff sheet is being submitted to provide the new URL for Electronic Data Interchange that Southern Star has transitioned to since its separation from Williams Gas Pipeline Companies as well as the new contact information. Southern Star states that it completed and tested the new EDI solution in September 2003 and subsequently went live with the new EDI environment on October 1, 2003 and requests an October 1, 2003 effective date for the tariff sheet listed above. Southern Star states that copies of the tariff sheets are being mailed to Southern Star's jurisdictional customers and interested state commissions. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance with Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary”. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00628 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP04-29-000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251-1396, filed in Docket No. CP04-29-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), for authorization to construct and operate a new delivery point for the City of Monroe, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation (City of Monroe), under Transco's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-426-000, all as more fully set forth in the application, which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Transco proposes to construct, own, and operate a delivery point in Iredell County, North Carolina, for a new gas transportation customer, City of Monroe. The proposed facilities are two 6-inch tap valve assemblies, a meter station with one 4-inch ultrasonic flow meter, two hundred feet of 6-inch inlet piping to the meter station, 4-inch bypass piping, 6-inch yard piping, 6-inch outlet piping from the meter station, pulsation dampener vessel, odorization system, electronic flow measurement, communications equipment, and other appurtenant facilities. Transco states that the City of Monroe will initially receive at the proposed delivery point up to 20,400 dekatherms per day of gas from Transco on a firm or interruptible basis at the new delivery point. The estimated total cost of Transco's proposed facilities is approximately $878,500 and the City of Monroe will reimburse Transco for all costs associated with such facilities. Transco also states that the City of Monroe currently is served by Piedmont Natural Gas Company but due to a variety of business reasons, the City of Monroe wants to have gas delivered to its municipal distribution system directly by the Transco system in the future. Transco further states that the City of Monroe will construct, own and operate any appurtenant facilities to enable it to receive gas from Transco at the proposed delivery point and move the gas to its distribution system. The City of Monroe's facilities will include approximately 38.5 miles of 10-inch pipeline extending from Transco's proposed delivery point to the City of Monroe's existing distribution facilities. Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Randall R. Conklin, General Counsel, Alfred E. White, Jr. Senior Attorney, or Scott C. Turkington, Director, Rates & Regulatory at

(713)215-2000. This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC *OnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or call toll-free at

(866)206-3676, or, for TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file electronically. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 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 therefor, 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. *Comment Date* : January 30, 2004. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00620 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. CP88-391-029 and RP93-162-014] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Annual Cash-Out Filing December 16, 2003. Take notice that on November 24, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), filed its annual cash-out report for the period August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003. Transco states that the report was filed to comply with the cash-out provisions in Section 15 of the General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) of Transco's FERC Gas Tariff. Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with section 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676, or TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. *Protest Date* : December 22, 2003. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00622 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP04-35-002] Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing December 16, 2003. Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), tendered for filing its response to the Commission's Order issued November 28, 2003 in Docket No. RP04-35-000. Williston Basin states that on November 28, 2003, the Commission issued its Order in the above referenced docket, and accepted Williston Basin's negotiated service agreement with Prairielands Energy Marketing, Inc. to be effective November 1, 2003, subject to Williston Basin making a compliance filing to address the conditions of the Order. Williston Basin states that the instant filing is being made in compliance with the provisions of that Order. Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed in accordance with section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

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(a)Revise its calculation of the summer 2003 In-City Installed Capacity

(ICAP)rebates such that it complies with the NYISO's Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff; and

(b)refund $20,835,249 to the Complainants. *Comment Date:* January 13, 2004. 2. Ameren Energy Development Co., Ameren Energy Generating Co., Ameren Energy Marketing Co., AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen, LLC, Central Illinois Light Co, AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Co., Union Electric Co. [Docket Nos. ER01-294-002, ER00-3412-003, ER00-816-001, ER04-8-002, ER98-2440-003, ER04-53-002 and ER00-2687-002] Take notice that on December 10, 2003, Ameren Energy, Inc. and the other affiliates of Ameren Corporation with market rate authority tendered for filing an updated market analysis in connection with their market-based rate authority. *Comment Date:* December 31, 2003. 3. Devon Power LLC, Middletown, Middletown Power LL, Montville Power LLC, Norwalk Power LLC and NRG Power Marketing Inc. [Docket No. ER03-563-025] Take notice that on December 4, 2003, Devon Power LLC, Middletown Power LLC, Montville Power LLC, Norwalk Power LLC and NRG Power Marketing, Inc. (collectively, Applicants) and ISO-New England, Inc. (ISO), tendered for filing a report entitled “Review of PUSH Implementation and Results”, prepared by the ISO in compliance with the Commission's Order, issued July 24, 2003, 104 FERC ¶ 61,123. *Comment Date:* December 29, 2003. 4. New York Independent System Operator, Inc. [Docket No. ER03-647-004] Take notice that on December 8, 2003, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) submitted for filing its Installed Capacity Auction Activity

(ICAP)report in compliance with Commission's Order issued May 20, 2003, 103 FERC ¶ 61,201. *Comment Date:* December 29, 2003. 5. Citizens Communications Company [Docket No. ER03-1235-001] Take notice that on December 11, 2003, Citizens Communications Company (Citizens) tendered a filing in compliance with the Commission Order issued in Docket No. ER03-1235-000 proceedings on October 8, 2003 as corrected by the Commission's Erratum Order issued October 22, 2003. *Comment Date:* January 2, 2004. 6. Indiana Michigan Power Company [Docket No. ER04-125-001] On October 31, 2003, Indiana Michigan Power Company, d/b/a/ American Electric Power (I&M) filed a third Revised Service Agreement No. 17 with the City of Gas City, Indiana under I&M's FERC Electric Tariff MRS, Original Volume No. 7 (Third revised Service Agreement No. 17). Take notice that on December 10, 2003, I&M submitted a filing to provide a complete page and correct clerical errors contained in Service Agreement No. 17. I&M notes that it is submitting corrected information to be substituted for the version filed on October 31, 2003. *Comment Date:* December 31, 2003. 7. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. [Docket No. ER04-219-000] Take notice that on November 24, 2003, Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

(SPP)submitted for filing a Letter Agreement between Southwestern Public Service Company d/b/a/ Xcel Energy

(SPS)and Caprock Wind, LP (Caprock) (collectively Parties). SPP states that the agreement provides for the performance of certain engineering and design activities by Xcel and the payment for such activities by Caprock relating to the proposed interconnection of a generating facility to be owned and constructed by Caprock. SPP Also states while it is not a party to this Letter Agreement, it is submitting the Letter Agreement on behalf of the Parties as the relevant Transmission Provider. SPP seeks an effective date of October 2003 for this Letter Agreement. *Comment Date:* December 24, 2003. 8. PacificCorp [Docket No. ER04-272-000] Take notice that on December 8, 2003, PacifiCorp tendered for filing in accordance with 18 CFR 35 of the Commission's Rule and Regulations, a Generation Interconnection Facilities Agreement dated June 17, 2003 between PacifiCorp and Eurus Combine Hills 1 LLC and a Generation Interconnection Operation and Maintenance Agreement dated June 17, 2003, between PacifiCorp and Eurus Combine Hills 1 LLC and all related to Eurus Combine Hills 1 LLC's Combine Hills Turbine Ranch 1 wind generating facility. PacifiCorp states that copies of this filing were supplied to the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, and Eurus Combine Hills 1 LLC. *Comment Date:* December 30, 2003. 9. Calpine Oneta Power, L.P. [Docket No. ER04-279-000] Take notice that on December 11, 2003, Calpine Oneta Power, L.P. tendered for filing, under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, a rate schedule for system support services, whereby it would make available to Public Service Company of Oklahoma d/b/a American Electric Power, an emergency redispatch service. *Comment Date:* January 2, 2004. 10. NorthWestern Energy [Docket No. ER04-280-000] Take notice that on December 11, 2003, NorthWestern Energy, a division of NorthWestern Corporation (NorthWestern), tendered for filing a Notice of Cancellation pursuant to 18 CFR 35.15, to reflect cancellation of the Non-Firm Point to Point Transmission Service Agreement between NorthWestern and Southern Energy Trading and Marketing, Inc., which now does business as Mirant Americas, Inc. The non-firm transmission service agreement is a conforming agreement under NorthWestern's Open Access Transmission Tariff. The agreement was executed July 10, 1996, but NorthWestern has never provided any service under agreement. *Comment Date:* January 2, 2004. 11. ISO New England Inc. [Docket No. OA97-237-000] Take notice that on December 11, 2003, ISO New England Inc. filed its “Quarterly Report for Regulators,” as required by Appendix A to Market Rule 1, for the second quarter. *Comment Date:* January 2, 2004. Standard Paragraph Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. All such motions or protests should be filed on or before the comment date, and, to the extent applicable, must be served on the applicant and on any other person designated on the official service list. This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “FERRIS” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For assistance, call

(202)502-8222 or TTY,

(EA)that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Saltville Storage Project involving the construction of a limited number of new facilities and operation of existing facilities by Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C. (Saltville) in Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginia. 1 Saltville is currently developing a new 8.2 billion cubic feet (Bcf), underground natural gas storage facility using depleted salt caverns that was previously authorized for construction and operation by the Virginia State Corporation Commission. Saltville has received all necessary state regulatory approvals to construct and operate its storage facility. *See* Appendix 1 for a list of the facilities and their construction status. The EA will focus its analysis on the facilities that still need to be constructed, and on restoration of the areas previously disturbed or currently being disturbed by on-going construction activities. This EA will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. 1 Saltville's application was filed with the Commission under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and part 157 of the Commission's regulations. The Commission determined that the project should be subject to Federal regulation. Therefore, Saltville has filed for approval to complete construction of the project and to operate it pursuant to Federal regulatory requirements. The Saltville Storage Project is located entirely on land that is either already owned by Saltville or over which it already holds all necessary rights-of- way. Saltville does not require additional property rights from landowners in the vicinity of the project. The 6.7-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline has already been constructed and is in service. All of the facilities that remain to be constructed by Saltville would be located within its 650-acre property. Saltville commenced limited customer service on August 1, 2003. Summary of the Project Saltville wants to develop and operate up to four salt storage caverns with a total capacity of 8.2 Bcf. Caverns 1 and 2 have been completed and are in service. Well conversion work remains to be completed on well 23 in Cavern 3 and this conversion work is in progress. Saltville has also substantially completed all of the pipelines and other facilities necessary to operate this storage field with the exception of the following facilities that will be examined in the EA: • Construction of a second 5,250 horsepower electric-motor driven reciprocating compressor and associated dehydrators and heaters at the existing compressor station; • Development of Cavern 4 (recomplete Well 24) that would have a capacity of about 0.2 Bcf and associated gas and brine piping (about 500 and 200 feet, respectively) and controls; • Installation of Cavern 3's *de minimus* associated gas and brine piping connections between the already installed gas and brine mainlines that are currently in-place adjacent to Wells 18, 19, 21, 22, and 23 and controls; and • A new office building. All of these facilities are within Saltville's property. No nonjurisdictional facilities are needed. The EA would also address any facility removal activities. The location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 2. 2 2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register** . Copies of all appendices, other than appendix 1 (maps), are available on the Commission's website at the “eLibrary” link or from the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call

(202)502-8371. For instructions on connecting to “eLibrary” refer to the last page of this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Land Requirements for the Project No new land is required. All of the facilities that remain to be constructed would be located in previously disturbed areas that are within Saltville's 650-acre property. These areas are mostly covered with gravel or broken native rock at this time. The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as “scoping”. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important environmental issues. By this notice of intent, the Commission requests public comments on the scope of the issues it will address in the EA. All comments received are considered during the preparation of the EA. State and local government representatives are encouraged to notify their constituents of this proposed action and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. 3 “We”, “us”, and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP). 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 • Land use • Water resources, fisheries, and wetlands • Cultural resources • Vegetation and wildlife • Air quality and noise • Public safety • Endangered and threatened species We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed 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 make our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure your comments are considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the public participation section below. Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have already identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the environmental information provided by Saltville and stakeholders. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. • Noise from compressor station operations. • Public safety. • Saltville fault. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. By becoming a commentor, your concerns will be addressed in the EA and considered by the Commission. You should focus on the potential environmental effects of the proposal, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in time and properly recorded: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 2. • Reference Docket No. CP04-13-000. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before January 14, 2004. Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding. *See* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments you will need to create a free account which can be created on-line. We may mail the EA for comment. If you are interested in receiving it, please return the Information Request (appendix 4). If you do not return the Information Request, you will be taken off the mailing list. Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an official party to the proceeding known as an “intervenor”. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process. Among other things, intervenors have the right to receive copies of case-related Commission documents and filings by other intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor must provide 14 copies of its filings to the Secretary of the Commission and must send a copy of its filings to all other parties on the Commission's service list for this proceeding. 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 3). 4 Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. 4 Interventions may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. *See* the previous discussion on filing comments electronically. Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor status to have your environmental comments considered. Environmental Mailing List An effort is being made to send this notice to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance with “eLibrary”, the eLibrary helpline can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY

(202)502-8659, or at *ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov* . The eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm* . Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at *http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx* along with other related information. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E3-00630 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OAR-2003-0206; FRL-7602-1] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program—OMB Control Number: 2060-0060 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed/continuing Information Collection Request

(ICR)to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program, OMB Control Number 2060-0060, expiration date 02/29/04. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 23, 2004. ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Chestine Payton, Certification and Compliance Division, Outreach and Planning Group, 6405J, telephone

(202)343-9240, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, telefax

(202)343-2804, and e-mail *payton.chestine@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0206, which is available for public viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The Air Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is

(202)566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at *http://www.epa.gov/edocket.* You may use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified above. Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 60 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed instructions: Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to *air-and-r-docket@epa.gov* , or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, OAR, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in DOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in DOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in DOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's **Federal Register** notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to *http://www.epa.gov/edocket.* *Affected entities:* Parties potentially affected by this action are automotive manufacturers and builders of automotive after market parts. *Title:* Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations & Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program, OMB# 2060-0060, Expiration date 02/29/04. *Abstract:* The information required is the minimal necessary to ensure that the part to be certified actually performs as required. Without this information EPA would have no way to control and audit fraudulent or marginal submissions. Information is only collected when the part is tested to be certified, if no information is collected at the time of testing there will be no means of showing later that the part was properly designed. EPA would not be able to control the self-certification of parts and this could, therefore, result in certified parts that cause vehicles to fail emissions standards. The information collected is part of the requirement of section 207(a) of the Clean Air Act, and as described in section 40 CFR part 85, subpart V. This is a voluntary certification program and there is no requirement that any manufacturer participate. The total estimated involvement of the aftermarket part industry (replacement and specialty parts) is 1 part per year. The EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i)Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(ii)Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(iii)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(iv)Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, *e.g.* , permitting electronic submission of responses. *Burden Statement:* EPA's burden estimated for this information collection is broken down into three parts: reporting, testing and record keeping burden. EPA estimates that the reporting burden will be 20 hours, testing 150 hours and annual record keeping 1 hour. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclosure or provide information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; training personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; searching data sources; completing and reviewing the collection of information; and transmitting or otherwise disclosing the information. *Respondents/Affected Entities:* Parties potentially affected by this action are automotive manufacturers and builders of automotive after market parts. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 1. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:* 861 hours. *Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden:* $ 37,380. Dated: December 15, 2003. Robert Brenner, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 03-31707 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]

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