36426 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 111 / Thursday, June 8, 2000 / Notices

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. 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/

htm (call 202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14391 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–369–000]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Application for Permission

and Approval To Abandon Interests in

Offshore Lateral, Tap and Meter

Facilities and Request for

Nonjurisdictional Determination

June 2, 2000.

Take notice that on May 25, 2000,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street,

Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed an

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the

Commission’s Regulations to abandon

interests in offshore lateral, tap and

meter facilities and a request for

nonjurisdictional determination, all as

more fully set forth in the application

on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection. This filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Any questions regarding this

application should be directed to James

J. McElligott, Senior Vice President,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America, 747 East 22nd Street,

Lombard, Illinois 60148 at (630) 691–

3525.

Specifically Natural requests:

(1) Permission and approval to abandon, by

sale to Green Canyon Pipe Line Company,

L.L.C. (‘‘Green Canyon’’), a nonjurisdictional

gathering company, interests in an aggregate

of 110.31 miles of various diameter offshore

laterals including related tap and meter

facilities and appurtenances in the East

Cameron (‘‘EC’’), West Cameron (‘‘WC’’),

Eugene Island (‘‘EI’’), South Marsh Island

(‘‘SMI’’) and Vermilion (‘‘VR’’) Areas,

offshore Louisiana and in the High Island

(‘‘HI’’) Area, offshore Texas. Specifically,

Natural seeks to abandon its interests in

lateral facilities connecting gas supply in EC

38A, WC 116A, WC 118 (meter only), WC

165A, WC 225 A and B (meters only) and WC

229A (meter only), EI 57A/D, EI 72 Well #1,

EI 133A, EI 305B, EI 331B, EI 341A, EI 361A,

HI A–317A, HI A–327/12, HI A–327/16, HI

A–472A, HI A–474A, HI A–489B, HI A–499C,

HI A–511A, HI A–568A/B/D/F, HI A–573B,

SMI 142A, SMI 236A, SMI 288A, VR 262A,

VR 369A and VR 386B. Natural will also sell

to Green Canyon facilities interests in an

aggregate of 70.96 miles of previously

abandoned and retired in place lateral

facilities, which specifically had connected

gas supply in EC 34B, EC 58, WC 28A, WC

436A, EI 321A, EI 345A, HI 68A, HI A–298A,

HI A–342B, HI A–343A, HI A–414A, SMI

9CCA and SMI 143B; and

(2) A determination in the Commission’s

order in the present docket that following

abandonment here, and upon transfer to

Green Canyon, the subject facilities interests

to be abandoned here and those in the

previously abandoned/retired in place

laterals to be sold will become part of Green

Canyon’s system and will be

nonjurisdictional and not subject to NGA

regulation by the Commission.

Natural states that its interests in the

subject facilities were originally

constructed as a means of receiving gas

purchased from various suppliers for

Natural’s system supply to support

Natural’s merchant function. Natural’s

merchant function terminated effective

December 1, 1993. Consequently,

Natural states that it no longer has a

need for the facilities interests to be

abandoned in the present application.

Natural states that it proposes to

abandon and transfer these facilities

interests, as well as Natural’s interests

in thirteen (13) previously abandoned

and retired in place laterals, to Green

Canyon for $1,308,210.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 23,

2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20426, a petition 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 Natural 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

petition 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 petition to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a petition

for leave 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 provided for,

unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Natural to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14392 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–299–000]

Northern Border Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

June 2, 2000.

Take notice that on May 24, 2000,

Northern Border Pipeline Company

(Northern Border) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

with an effective date of July 1, 2000:

Seventeenth Revised Sheet Number 156

Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 157

Northern Border proposes to decrease

the Maximum Rate for 4.095 cents per

100 Dekatherm-Miles to 4.038 cents per

100 Dekatherm-Miles and to decrease

the Minimum Revenue Cerdit from

2.808 cents per 100 Dekatherm-Miles to

1.625 cents per 100 Dekatherm-Miles.

The Maximum Rate reflects Northern

Border’s rate case at Docket no. RP99–

322–000, which was suspended by the

Commission in its order dated June 30,

1999 that became effective December 1,

1999. Thus, a portion of this Maximum

Rate will be billed subject to refund.

The revised Maximum Rate and

Minimum Revenue Credit are being in

accordance with Northern Border’s

Tariff provisions under Rate Schedule

IT–1.

Northern Border states that copies of

the filing have been served to all of