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that a grant of the abandonment is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition 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 Applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20814 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–430–000]

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 29, 1997,

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Texas Gas) tendered for filing the

following revised tariff sheets to its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No.1:

Second Revised Twenty-first Revised Sheet

No. 10

Second Revised Fourth Revised Sheet No.

10A

Second Revised Eighteenth Revised Sheet

No. 11

The revised tariff sheets are being

filed to suspend collection of the GSR

surcharges collected from its NNS, FT,

and SGT customers pursuant to Section

33.3 of Texas Gas’ General Terms and

Conditions. The current GSR surcharges

resulted from Texas Gas’ settlement in

Docket No. RP94–119–000, et al., which

was accepted by Commission Letter

Order dated September 18, 1995. Upon

the payments of June invoices by

transportation customers, Texas Gas

will have fully recovered the portion of

its GSR costs which are allocated to firm

services in accordance with the

provisions of the settlement, which are

detailed in Section 33.3 of the General

Terms and Conditions.

Texas Gas requests an effective date of

July 1, 1997, for the proposed tariff

sheets.

Copies of the revised tariff sheets are

being mailed to Texas Gas’ affected

jurisdictional customers and interested

state commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing 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 Sections

385.214 and 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 proceeding.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20800 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–656–000]

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Application

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 21, 1997,

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008,

Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, filed in

Docket No. CP97–656–000 an

application pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act authorization to

construct and operate a 4,600

horsepower compressor engine and

associated facilities at the Haughton,

Louisiana Compressor Station in Bossier

Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set

forth in the application which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Texas Gas proposes to install and

operate the compressor in order to

expand the capacity of its North

Louisiana supply lateral to

accommodate firm transportation

service for Union Pacific Fuels, Inc.

It is said that the estimated cost of

construction is $5,980,000. It is further

said that Texas Gas seeks to roll the

costs and revenues of the project into its

systemwide rates.

Any person desiring to be heard or

any person desiring to make any protest

with reference to said application

should on or before August 22, 1997,

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

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 18 CFR

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

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 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 Texas Gas to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20811 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–676–000]

Viking Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 30, 1997,

Viking Gas Transmission Company

(Viking), 825 Rice Street, St. Paul,

Minnesota 55117, filed a request with

the Commission in Docket No. CP97–

676–000, pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for authorization to add a new

delivery point for transportation

services that Viking currently provides

for Northern States Power Company