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calculations, and any new customer

added after January 1, 1997, will be

billed GRI each month based on the

actual throughput for each month of

prior service until a 12-month history is

established.

In Opinion 407, issued by the

Commission on September 27, 1996, in

Docket No. RP96–267–000, the

Commission waived the requirements of

individual pipeline tariffs so that

presently effective tariff sheets reflecting

the 1996 GRI funding surcharges need

not be restated since the approved

charges for 1997 are the same as the GRI

charges approved for 1996.

Nevertheless, Columbia is filing

Attachment A so as to insure that the

load factors resulting from its

calculations are a matter of public

record.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Section 385.214 and

Section 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–206 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. TQ97–3–23–000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

December 31, 1996.

Take notice that on December 27,

1996 Eastern Shore Natural Gas

Company (ESNG) tendered for filing

certain revised tariff sheets in the above

captioned docket as part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, with

a proposed effective date of January 1,

1997.

ESNG states that the revised tariff

sheets included herein are being filed

pursuant to Section 21 of the General

Terms and Conditions of ESNG’s Gas

Tariff to reflect changes in ESNG’s

jurisdictional rates. The sales rates set

forth herein reflect an increase of

$0.6852 per dt in the Commodity

Charge, as measured against ESNG’s

Out-Of-Cycle Quarterly PGA filing,

Docket No. TQ97–2–23–000, et al., filed

on November 26, 1996 to be effective on

December 1, 1996.

The commodity current purchased gas

cost adjustment reflects ESNG’s

projected cost of gas for the month of

January 1997, and has been calculated

using its best estimate of available gas

supplies to meet ESNG’s anticipated

purchase requirements. The increased

gas costs in this filing are a result of

higher prices being paid to producers/

suppliers under ESNG’s marketresponsive gas supply contracts.

ESNG states that copies of the filing

have been served upon its 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 Rule 211 and

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–221 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. GT97–17–000]

Equitrans L.P.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 31, 1996.

Take notice that on December 23,

1996, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans),

tendered for filing to become part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, the following tariff sheet, to

become effective January 1, 1997.

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 400

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 401

Equitrans states that this filing is

made to update Equitrans’ index of

customers. In Order No. 581 the

Commission established a revised

format for the Index of Customers to be

included in the tariffs of interstate

pipelines and required the pipelines to

update the index on a quarterly basis to

reflect changes in contract activity.

Equitrans requests a waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements to

permit the tariff sheet to take effect on

January 1, 1997, the first calendar

quarter, in accordance with Order No.

581.

Equitrans states that a copy of its

filing has been served upon its

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be herd or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

accordance with section 385.214 or

385.211 of the Commission’s

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–207 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. EG97–12–000]

Hidro Iberica B.V.; Notice of

Amendment to Application for

Commission Determination of Exempt

Wholesale Generator Status

December 31, 1996.

On December 30, 1996, Hidro Iberica

B.V. (the ‘‘Applicant’’) whose address is

4e Etage, 3012 CA Rotterdam, The

Netherlands, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

amendment to its application (the

‘‘Application’’) for exempt wholesale

generator status pursuant to Part 365 of

the Commission’s Regulations, filed in

the above-referenced Docket on

November 4, 1996, as previously

amended on December 11, 1996.

Any person desiring to be heard

concerning the amendment to the

Application should file a motion to

intervene or comments 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. The Commission will
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limit its consideration of comments to

those that concern the adequacy or

accuracy of the application. All such

motions and comments should be filed

on or before January 10, 1997 and must

be served on the Applicant. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–204 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP97–201–000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

December 31, 1996.

Take notice that on December 23,

1996, National Fuel Gas Supply

Corporation (National Fuel), tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Third Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff

sheets listed in Appendix A to the

filing, to be effective April 1, 1997.

National Fuel states that this filing is

submitted as a companion filing to its

December 16, 1996 Order No. 587

compliance filing. National Fuel states

that the purpose of this filing is to make

certain changes intended to facilitate its

compliance with Order No. 587 and to

streamline its tariff and operations,

including: (1) expedition of the

nomination and scheduling process, (2)

simplification of the allocation process,

(3) contracts with operators of

interconnecting facilities, (4) a new

bulletin board system, (5) consolidation

of provisions regarding requests for

service, (6) removal of certain

provisions relating to National Fuel’s

Order No. 636 restructuring, (7) timing

of flowback credits, (8) removal of

certain forms from the tariff, and (9)

conversion of service under the SS–1

and SS–2 Rate Schedules to a

dekatherm basis.

National Fuel states that it is serving

copies of the filing with its firm

customers, interested state commissions

and each person designated on the

official service list compiled by the

Secretary. Copies are also being served

on all interruptible customers as of the

date of the filing.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–222 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP97–202–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

December 31, 1996.

Take notice that on December 23,

1996, Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), tendered for filing to become

part of Northern’s FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

tariff sheets, proposed to be effective

January 23, 1997:

First Revised Sheet No. 135D

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 144

Reason for Filing

Northern states that the purpose of

this filing is to modify Northern’s FDD

and IDD Rate Schedules applicable to

firm and interruptible storage services

by providing increased service

flexibility through the addition of eight

(8) points available for receipt and

delivery of storage services.

Northern states that copies of the

filing were served upon the company’s

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, NE., Washington, DC,

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such petitions or protests must be

filed in accordance with Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. All protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken in this proceeding, but will not

serve to make Protestant a party 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 inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–216 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP96–306–001]

Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of

Motion To Place Suspended Rates Into

Effect

December 31, 1996.

Take notice that on December 26,

1996, Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute)

filed a motion pursuant to Section 4(e)

of the Natural Gas Act and Section

154.206(a) of the Commission’s

regulations to make effective on January

1, 1997, certain rates and a tariff sheet

in connection with Paiute’s request for

general rate relief in Docket No. RP96–

306–000. Specifically, Paiute has moved

to place into effect on January 1, 1997,

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 10 of Second

Revised Volume No. 1–A of its FERC

Gas Tariff.

Paiute states that on July 1, 1996,

Paiute filed certain revised tariff sheets

in this proceeding, pursuant to Section

4 of the Natural Gas Act, to implement

a proposed general rate increase. Paiute

further states that by order issued July

31, 1996, the Commission accepted

Paiute’s proposed rates and suspended

their effectiveness for five months to

become effective January 1, 1997,

subject to refund. Paiute states that in its

suspension order, the Commission

accepted the proposed rates subject to

the condition that Paiute revise its rates

to remove the costs of facilities not

placed in service as of December 31,

1996.

With its motion, Paiute submitted

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 10. Paiute

indicates that Fifth Revised Sheet No.

10, in accordance with the

Commission’s suspension order, sets

forth the rates proposed by Paiute in its

July 1, 1996, filing in this proceeding,

modified to reflect the exclusion of costs

associated with facilities which will not

be placed in service as of December 31,

1996. Paiute also states that Fifth

Revised Sheet No. 10 incorporates the

change in the annual charge adjustment

surcharge rate which was approved by

the Commission in Docket Nos. TM97–

1–41–000 and TM97–1–41–001 by

orders issued September 27 and

November 6, 1996 respectively. Paiute

moves that Fifth Revised Sheet No. 10

be made effective January 1, 1997.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,