[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20810]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-675-000]


U.S. General Services Administration; Notice of Application for 
Presidential Permit and Section 3 Authorization

August 1, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 30, 1997, U.S. General Services 
Administration (GSA), Northwest Arctic Region, 400 15th Street SW, 
Auburn, Washington 98001-6599, filed in Docket No. CP97-675-000, an 
application for a Presidential Permit for the importation of natural 
gas and authority under Section 3 to construct, operate, maintain, and 
connect a natural gas pipeline extending from the Port of Entry 
facility at Point Roberts, Washington to a Canadian pipeline facility 
at the International border, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    GSA states that the Point Roberts pipeline system will consist of a 
40 mm (two-inch) inside diameter pipe extending approximately 144 m 
(472 feet) from the gas meter set by BC Gas, Inc. on the Canadian side 
of the United States/Canada border. The Point Roberts pipeline system 
will transport gas only to the Port of Entry facility, no service will 
be provided or offered to the public. The Point Roberts Port of Entry 
facility is used by the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service. GSA states that it will finance the 
construction and operation of the pipeline system. GSA further states 
that it will contract with IGC Resources, Inc., who has blanket 
authority from the U.S. Department of Energy to import natural gas from 
Canada, to provide the natural gas service to the Port of Entry 
facility. GSA also states that BC Gas, Inc. will construct and operate 
pipe and meter facilities in Canada, and that GSA will construct and 
operate the pipeline system from the meter to the facility in the 
United States.
    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 385.214 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 GSA to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20810 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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