4276 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 19 / Wednesday, January 29, 1997 / Notices

These sections require the measurement of

energy input of the pilot and this

measurement to be included in the

calculation of the AFUE for the appliance.

Hunter is requesting that the pilot energy

consumption be waived from the AFUE

calculation for each of the models listed

below. Each of these models are presently

listed in the GAMA Directory.

—F125H

—HDS2000

—HDV30E

—HDV2500

—PW20

—PW35

—PW50

—HF130

—HFS40

—HWF15

—HWF30

The combination gas control valves that are

used in these appliances can be manually

turned off when the appliance is not in use.

When the gas control knob is in the ‘‘OFF’’

position, both the pilot and main burner is

off. To operate the appliance, the pilot must

be re-lit and the gas control knob turned to

the ‘‘ON’’ position and both the pilot and

main burner will be in operation.

The Lighting Instructions in the appliance

Instruction Manual and the Lighting

Instructions label affixed to the appliance

will require the user to turn the gas control

knob on the valve to the ‘‘OFF’’ position

when the appliance is not in use.

The U.S. Department of Energy has

previously granted this same waiver to a

number of manufacturers. Hunter requests

that the U.S. Department of Energy grant

Hunter Energy and Technology Inc. this same

waiver.

If you have any questions or require any

additional information regarding the above

subject matter, please contact me anytime at

(705) 325–6111.

Sincerely,

Don Leslie,

Design and Development Engineering

Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–2174 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–232–000]

Amoco Production Company, et al.;

Notice of Complaint

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 17, 1997,

pursuant to Rule 206 of the Rules of

Practice and Procedure of the Federal

Energy Commission, 18 CFR Section

385.206, Amoco Production Company

and Amoco Energy Trading Corporation

(collectively, Amoco) tendered for filing

a Verified Complaint, Request For Show

Cause Order, Request For Interim Relief

And Request For Shortened Answer

Period against Natural Gas Pipeline

Company of America (Natural).

Amoco alleges that Natural has been

engaged in a continuous pattern of

undue discrimination and undue

favoritism in favor of its affiliate,

MidCon Gas Services Corporation

(MidCon Gas) in violation of Sections 4,

5, 8, and 10 of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 717c, 717d, 717g

and 717i, Sections 311 (a)(1) and (c) of

the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15

U.S.C. §§ 3371 (a)(1) and (c), Order No.

636, Order No. 497, Order No. 566 and

the Commission’s policies and

principles on which those orders are

based.

Natural’s pattern of discriminatory

conduct, Amoco argues, is demonstrated

through several of Natural’s actions: (1)

Natural fails to follow its currently

effective tariff procedures for the

awarding of available capacity; (2)

Natural fails to make available

unsubscribed capacity and to post

adequate, timely and usable information

on unsubscribed capacity; (3) Natural

retains for itself absolute discretion in

how it will weigh bid criteria and award

capacity on any given day; (4) Natural

awards capacity to its affiliated

marketer, MidCon Gas, on terms not

made available to nonaffiliated

shippers; (5) Natural periodically uses

an auction procedure—not

contemplated by Natural’s Tariff and

not used on a consistent or regular

basis—that ensures that MidCon Gas

can acquire available capacity to the

exclusion of nonaffiliated shippers; (6)

Natural releases MidCon Gas from

capacity commitments on a

discriminatory basis; (7) Natural has

cycled employees to its affiliated gas

marketer and maintained during the

period in which it allocated the vast

majority of its uncommitted firm

capacity to MidCon Gas an entangled

organizational structure that violates

Order Nos. 497 and 566; (8) Natural

violates numerous of the Commission’s

Order Nos. 497 and 566 Standards of

Conduct codified at 18 CFR § 161.3; and

(9) Natural fails to post information on

its transactions with its affiliated

marketer, MidCon Gas as required by

Order Nos. 497 and 566.

In addition, Amoco asks that the

Commission order Natural to show

cause why (1) each of its currently

effective contracts with its affiliate

MidCon Gas should not be terminated

as each is the result of undue

discrimination in violation of Sections 4

and 5 of the NGA and Section 311(a)(1)

of the NGPA; (2) Section 5.1 of its

General Terms and Conditions is not in

violation of the Commission’s

regulations, and why Natural should not

be ordered to include specific bid

evaluation criteria; (3) its Tariff is not in

violation of Commission posting

requirements, and why it should not be

ordered to post all available capacity on

its EBB; (4) its systematic and pervasive

undue discrimination and violations of

Order Nos. 497 and 566 should not be

remedied with a Commission order

divorcement whereby MidCon Gas is

precluded from recontracting for firm

capacity on Natural; and (5) it should

not be subject to the maximum civil

penalties of $5,000 per day per violation

for its violations of the NGPA. Amoco

also asks that the Commission require

Natural to demonstrate that its

organizational structure has been in

compliance with the Order Nos. 497 and

566 requirements of the separation of

operating personnel.

Any person desiring to be heard or

protest said Complaint 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 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. All such motions or protests

must be filed on or before February 24,

1997. Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make a protestant 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 public inspection in the

Public Reference Room. Answers to this

complaint are due on or before February

24, 1997.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2118 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–228–000]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Section 4 Filing

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 15, 1997,

CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG)

tendered for filing pursuant to Section

4 of the Natural Gas Act, a notice of

termination of gathering services which

CNG currently provides on

uncertificated gathering facilities which

are being abandoned in place or sold.

CNG states that no contracts for

transportation service with CNG will be

terminated. CNG asserts that the receipt

meters will be located downstream

where gas will feed CNG’s system.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal
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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. Under section 154.210

of the Commission’s Regulation, all

such motions or protests should be filed

on or before January 27, 1997. 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. 97–2117 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP95–408–017]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 17, 1997,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

set forth on Appendix A to the filing, to

become effective on February 1, 1997.

On December 31, 1996, Columbia

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) to move

pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Natural

Gas Act to place into effect on February

1, 1997, the rates set forth in its

November 22, 1996 Offer of Settlement

in this proceeding, contingent upon

approval and implementation of the

Settlement. The Settlement rates were

set forth in Appendix A of the December

31, 1996 motion rate filing. It has come

to Columbia’s attention that the

minimum commodity rate applicable to

both firm and interruptible gathering

services shown on First Revised Ninth

Revised Sheet No. 30 in the motion rate

filing is incorrect due strictly to an

advertent clerical error. Columbia is

submitting the instant filing to correct

this error. Columbia is also reflecting on

this sheet the processing charges that

result from the Settlement effective as of

February 1, 1997.

Certain other rate tariff sheets are

being refiled to indicate in a footnote

that a customer’s acceptance and

payment of invoices based on the

Settlement rates shall constitute such

customer’s agreement to pay the

surcharge (subject to refund) if the

Settlement is not approved and

implemented. This language was

indicated in the transmittal letter to the

Initial Settlement motion filing of

December 31, 1996, but inadvertently

omitted from the tariff sheets.

Columbia states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to Columbia’s

customers and all affected state

commissions, as well as to all parties on

the official service list to this

proceeding.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before January 27, 1997.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2115 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–231–000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 17, 1997,

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

(Eastern Shore) tendered for filing a

completely new and revised FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1,

reflecting restructured services, rates,

and general terms and conditions,

proposed to become effective on May 1,

1997 or the effective date of Eastern

Shore’s Part 284 blanket certificate,

whichever is later.

Eastern Shore states that pursuant to

Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act, and

Sections 154.7, 154.301, et seq. of the

Regulations of the Commission, Eastern

Shore is also filing revisions to certain

statements and schedules which were

initially filed in Docket No. RP97–32–

000, Eastern Shore’s Section 4 general

rate increase filing, in which it filed as

a closed merchant pipeline. Such

statements and schedules have been

revised to reflect Eastern Shore’s

proposed status as an open access

transportation pipeline.

Eastern Shore states that it requests

that the Commission permit the rates

and charges proposed for all of the

jurisdictional services to be provided by

Eastern Shore to become effective as

conditional rates and charges that may

be subject to subsequent adjustment by

Commission order after the rates and

charges proposed in the instant filing

are permitted to become effective.

Eastern Shore further requests that the

Commission, in its order on the instant

filing, expressly give notice that the

conditional rates and charges which are

permitted to become effective may be

subsequently adjusted by Commission

order retroactive to the date on which

such rates and charges are permitted to

become effective.

Eastern Shore states that the purpose

of this conditional rate determination is

to give notice to all that the provisional

rates and charges may be subject to

retroactive adjustment at a later date.

Eastern Shore states that copies of the

filing have been served upon the parties

listed on the Commission’s official

service list in Docket Nos. RP97–32–000

and CP96–128–000.

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

Practices and Procedure (18 CFR

Section 385.211 and Section 385.214).

All such motions or protests must be

filed on or about February 7, 1997.

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. 97–2119 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–366–003]

Florida Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Compliance Filing

January 23, 1997.

Take notice that on January 21, 1997,

Florida Gas Transmission Company

(FGT) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume

No. 1 the following tariff sheet to

become effective April 1, 1997:

Second Substitute First Revised Sheet No.

163F

FGT states that on December 10, 1996

FGT filed a Stipulation and Agreement

of Settlement and Request for Waiver

(Settlement) which resolved certain