Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 3, 2000 / Notices 25715

unnecessary for National Fuel to appear

or to be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10953 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–176–017 and RP99–176–

018]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Proposed Changes

in FERC Gas Tariff

April 28, 2000.

Take notice that on April 25, 2000,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1. Original Sheet

No. 26J.

Natural states that the purpose of this

filing is to implement a negotiated rate

transaction with the Peoples Gas Light

and Coke Company (Peoples) under

Natural’s Rate Schedule ITS pursuant to

Section 49 of the General Terms and

Conditions of Natural’s tariff.

Natural concurrently tenders by a

separate filing in Docket No. RP99–176–

018 its negotiated rate agreement

(Agreement) between Natural and

Peoples.

Natural states that the negotiated rate

Agreement does not deviate in any

material respects from the applicable

form of service agreement in Natural’s

Tariff. Natural states that it submits the

Agreement as an aid to Commission

Staff because it provides a more detailed

explanation of the pricing terms related

to the transaction. Key provisions of the

Agreement include guaranteed revenue,

unhedged and unscheduled quantity

adjustments, and the trigger agreement.

Natural also states that the above pricing

terms were critical to the Agreement by

both parties and to the resulting

negotiated rates.

Natural requests that Original Sheet

No. 26J and the related Agreement to

become effective April 25, 2000.

Natural states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to Natural’s customers,

interested state commissions and 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20246, 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 the 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. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10996 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–40–000]

Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

:April 28, 2000.

On March 13 and 28, 2000, the Kansas

Corporation Commission (KCC)

sponsored two informal settlement

conferences for the purpose of initiating

settlement discussions potentially

leading to a resolution of all the Kansas

ad valorem proceedings. During the

March 28 conference, the participants

agreed that settlement negotiations

among all interested parties should be

pursued separately for each pipeline

involved with the Kansas ad valorem

tax refund issues.

The participants interested in the

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

docket also reached a consensus that the

informal settlement conference agreed

upon should be notices by the Secretary

of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) and that the

Commission’s settlement regulations

apply to the informal settlement

process. Consistent with the previous

two settlement conferences, the Director

of the Commission’s Dispute Resolution

Service and the KCC will attend the

conference and facilitate the settlement

negotiations.

The informal settlement conference

will be held on May 24, 2000, at the

offices of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 1

Kansas City Place, 1200 Main Street,

Kansas City, Missouri. The conference

will begin at 10:00 a.m. To insure that

the facilities are adequately sized all

parties that plan to attend the settlement

conference are requested to contact John

McNish at 785 271–3218 or by email at

j.mcnish@kcc.state.ks.us, or Cynthia

King at cking@shb.com by May 11,

2000.

All interested parties in the above

dockets are requested to attend the

informal settlement conference. If a

party has any questions respecting the

conference, please call Richard Miles,

the Director of the Dispute Resolution

Service. His telephone number is 1 877

FERC ADR (337–2237) or 202–208–0702

and his e-mail address is

richard.miles@ferc.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10994 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–249–001

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

April 28, 2000.

Take notice that on April 21, 2000,

Transwestern Pipeline Company

(Transwestern) tendered for filing to

become part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheet, proposed to

become effective on May 15, 2000:

Substitute Original Sheet No.97

On April 21, 2000, Transwestern filed

in this Docket a proposal to add a

provision to the General Terms and

Conditions allowing Transwestern to

enter into transportation agreements

with Public Service Company of New

Mexico (PNM) for the purpose of

providing transportation service under

Transwestern’s tariff. The reason for this

filing is to resubmit Sheet No. 97 as the

Sheet No. 97 incorrectly states the

Account Number where costs would be

separately recorded. The cost will be

separately recorded in Account No. 858.

Transwestern further states that

copies of the filing have been mailed to

each of its customers and interested

State Commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

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