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system in order to gain access to

increasing reserves of coal-seam gas

reserves in the Price area, and to satisfy

increased transportation demand. It is

asserted that M.L. Nos. 40 and 41 are

currently operating near maximum

capacity. It is further asserted that the

proposed looping and compression will

add approximately 272,000 Dt

equivalent of incremental capacity to

Questar’s southern transmission system.

In addition to transporting gas from the

Price area, Questar explains that it has

entered into an agreement with CIG

Resources Company to transport

volumes delivered to Questar from

Colorado Interstate Gas Company’s

Uinta Basin Lateral at Natural Buttes in

Uinta County, Utah.

Questar states that once the proposed

project is placed in service, Questar will

sell a 50 percent interest to CIG Gas

Supply Company (Supply) and then

lease back the 50 percent interest to give

Questar control over the facilities. It is

explained that the sale/leaseback

arrangement will enhance both

companies’ ability to meet market needs

most efficiently. Questar explains that it

will retain the right to re-purchase

Supply’s 50 percent interest at net book

value.

The cost of the proposed construction

is estimated at $80,850,975, including

pipeline looping and compression

facilities. Questar requests rolled-in rate

treatment for the costs associated with

the project, stating that the project is in

accordance with the Commission’s

recent policy statement issued in PL99–

3–000.

Questar asserts that it conducted an

open season between December 28,

1998, and February 23, 1999, to

determine market demand and asserts

that the result was that Questar has

executed firm transportation service

contracts with three customers (CIG

Resources Company, Questar Gas

Company, and Texaco Natural Gas, Inc.)

for a total of 270,000 Dt equivalent of

reserved daily capacity with contract

terms ranging from 5 to 10 years.

Any questions regarding the

application may be directed to Alan K.

Allred, Manager, Regulatory Affairs and

Gas Supply Services, Questar Regulated

Services Company, 180 East 100 South,

P.O. Box 43560, Salt Lake City, Utah

84145–0360, (801) 324–5768.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

February 8, 2000, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 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 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

Commission by sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedures, 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 and 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 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 Questar to appear, or be

represented, at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1581 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation;

Docket No. CP00–67–000]

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

January 18, 2000.

Take notice that on January 7, 2000,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642,

Houston, Texas 77251–1642, filed in

Docket No. CP00–67–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 167.205 and

157.208 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.208) for

authorization to construct, own, operate,

and maintain certain facilities

(Vermillion Lateral) located in

Vermilion County, Illinois and

Vermillion County, Indiana, to render

interruptible lateral transportation

service to Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC

(DEV) under Texas Eastern’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

535–000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is 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).

Texas Eastern proposes to construct,

own, operate, and maintain: (i) a

measurement facility which will consist

of one 6-inch and one 10-inch ultrasonic

meter run plus associated pipline,

electronic gas measurement equipment

and associated instrumentation (M&R

Station); and (ii) the Vermillion Lateral,

which will consist of approximately

14.03 miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline

that will extend from a proposed

interconnect with Midwestern Gas

Transmission Company (Midwestern),

to be located at milepost 2116¥1+9.93

in Vermilion County, Illinois, to the

M&R Station which will be located at

the interconnection with the DEV Plant

at milepost 14.03 in Vermillion county,

Indiana.

Texas Eastern states that the estimated

cost of the Vermillion Lateral facilities

is approximately $13 million dollars

and that DEV will reimburse Texas

Eastern for 100% of the costs and

expenses associated with the

construction and installation.

Midwestern proposes to construct,

own, and operate an interconnect to be

located at the intersection of the

Vermillion Lateral and Midwestern’s 30-

inch mainline pipeline (Line No. 2100)

located in Vermilion County, Illinois at

milepost 2116¥1+9.93, which will be

constructed under Midwestern’s Part

157 blanket construction certificate.

After receipt of the authorization

requested and installation of the

facilities for which authorization is

requested herein, Texas Eastern states

that it will deliver up to 200 MMcfd of

natural gas to DEV at the DEV Plant,

pursuant to a service agreement entered

into under Texas Eastern’s open access

interruptible Rate Schedule IT–1. Texas

Eastern declares that the transportation

service to be rendered will have no

effect on their peak day or annual

deliveries and submits that its proposal

herein will be accomplished without

detriment or disadvantage to Texas

Eastern’s other customers.

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

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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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1580 Filed 1–21–00 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Docket No. RP99–291–000 and

RP99–291–001]

Notice of Technical Conference

January 18, 2000.

Take notice that in the above

proceeding concerning Transcontinental

Gas Pipe Line Corporation’s new Part

284 liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage

services, a technical conference will be

held on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at

10:00 am, in a room to be designated at

the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.

All interested parties and Staff are

permitted to attend.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1582 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Wells Rural Electric Company; Docket No.

ER00–611–000 and EL00–19–000 (not

consolidated)]

Notice of Issuance of Order

JANUARY 18, 2000. Wells Rural Electric

Company (WREC) is a Nevada rural

electric cooperative providing electrical

service to approximately 5,300

customers in northeastern Nevada and

Tooele County, Utah. On November 19,

1999, in Docket No. EL00–19–000,

WREC filed a request for waiver of the

requirements of Order Nos. 888 and 889.

In its filing, WREC also requested

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, WREC requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by WREC. On January 12,

2000, the Commission issued an Order

Granting Request For Waivers of Order

Nos. 888 And 889, Addressing Requests

For Other Waivers And Accepting

Agreements For Filing (Order), in the

above-docketed proceedings.

The Commission’s January 12, 2000

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by WREC

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, WREC is hereby

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of WREC

compatible with the public interest, and

reasonably necessary or appropriate for

such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

WREC’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities . . .

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

February 11, 2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1584 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER99–2667–002, et al.]

Ameren Operating Companies, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

January 13, 2000.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Ameren Operating Companies

[Docket No. ER99–2776–002]

Take notice that on December 17,

1999, Ameren Services Company

(Ameren), on behalf of the Ameren

Operating Companies, made a

compliance filing at the direction of the

Commission’s order issued in the abovecaptioned proceeding on December 1,

1999.

Copies of the filing have been served

on the Illinois Commerce Commission,

the Missouri Public Service Commission

and all parties to the proceeding.

Comment date: January 24, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Maine Public Service Company

[Docket No. ER00–1053–000]

Take notice that on January 11, 2000,

Maine Public Service Company (MPS)

submitted pursuant to Section 205 of

the Federal Power Act and Part 35 of the

Commission’s regulations, revisions to

its Open Access Transmission Tariff

(OATT) to implement retail open access

in the state of Maine, to reflect that on

March 1, 2000 the Northern Maine

Independent System Administrator, Inc.

(Northern Maine ISA) will begin

operations, to modify its rate formula for

the rates charged under the OATT, and

to make various other revisions and

corrections to its OATT.

MPS proposes that the revised OATT

rates, terms and conditions become

effective March 1, 2000.

Copies of this filing were served on

the current customers under the OATT,

participants in Maine Public Utilities

Commission Docket No. 99–185, the

Northern Maine ISA, and the state

commission within whose jurisdiction

MPS transmits electricity under the

OATT.

Comment date: January 31, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–1054–000]

Take notice that on January 11, 2000,

Avista Corporation (AVA), tendered for