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valve, miscellaneous station piping and

appurtenances and installing as

replacement facilities two 6-inch

regulators, one 8-inch orifice meter, an

8-inch × dual 8-inch relief valve, larger

miscellaneous station piping and

appurtenances. It is stated that the

proposed upgrade is designed to

increase the maximum delivery capacity

of the meter station from its existing

approximately 21,951 Dt per day to

approximately 41,213 Dt per day at 400

psig, as limited by the meters.

Northwest states that pursuant to a

Facilities Agreement between Northwest

and Intermountain dated July 15, 1997,

that Intermountain will perform the

proposed upgrade activities and will

become a joint-owner of the Idaho State

Penitentiary Meter Station. It is

indicated that based on the ratio of the

estimated upgrade cost for which

Intermountain will be responsible to the

original costs of the existing facilities,

Intermountain will own 49 percent of

the meter station. It is averred that

Northwest will continue to own and

operate the mainline interconnect

facilities to the meter station, and that

Northwest will continue to maintain

and operate the upgraded Idaho State

Penitentiary Meter Station as part of it’s

open-access transportation system.

Northwest further states that

Intermountain will pay all costs

associated with the proposed upgrade,

currently estimated to be approximately

$115,000.

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 Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to

intervene or notice 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 request 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protest is filed and not withdrawn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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20812 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–138–005]

Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 30, 1997,

Shell Gas Pipeline Company (SGPC)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No.

137 in compliance with the

Commission’s Order No. 587–C to

become effective November 1, 1997.

SGPC states the purpose of the filing

is to comply with the letter order issued

on July 18, 1997, in Docket No. RP97–

138–004, whereby SGPC was directed to

file actual tariff Sheet No. 137 within 15

days from the date of the letter order.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with 18 CFR

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such 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. 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. 97–20802 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–644–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 16, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court,

Houston, Texas 77056–5310, filed in

Docket No. CP97–644–000 an

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act for permission and

approval to abandon by sale to

PanEnergy Field Services, Inc. (‘‘Field

Services’’ the Bethany-Longstreet

Lateral, Salem Field Lateral, Provident

City Line, Bonorden Lateral, and North

Morales Lateral along with the meter

stations and appurtenances associated

with such facilities (Facilities). The

Facilities are located in Lavaca, Jackson,

and Victoria, Counties, Texas, and

Caddo and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana,

all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Texas Eastern states that the natural

gas reserves attached to the Facilities are

depleting, the Facilities are substantially

underutilized, and Texas Eastern does

not propose to make any extensions or

additions to the Facilities in the

foreseeable future.

Texas Eastern states that it is advised

by Field Services that the acquisition of

the Facilities by Field Services will

provide Field Services access to

additional supplies of natural gas for

gathering through the Facilities,

resulting in the access of additional

supplies of natural gas for Texas

Eastern’s shippers and the interstate

pipeline grid. Texas Eastern is also

advised that Field Services will either

arrange for the purchase of production

from those wells currently attached to

the Facilities or enter into gas gathering

arrangements that will have no adverse

rate impact on the existing production

of those producers and shippers

currently utilizing the Facilities.

Any person desiring to be heard or 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 385.211 or 18 CFR

385.214) 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 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