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regulatory commission and to East

Tennessee’s customers.

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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before

August 8, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20808 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–310–003]

Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 30, 1997,

Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC (GBGP)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, Sheet

No. 136, to become effective November

1, 1997.

GBGP states the purpose of the filing

is to comply with letter order issued on

July 18, 1997 in Docket No. RP97–310–

002, whereby GBGP was directed to

refile Tariff Sheet No. 136 within 15

days of 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 § 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. 97–20801 Filed 8–6–97; 8:45 am]

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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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–116–005]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Compliance Filing

August 1, 1997.

Take notice that on July 30, 1997,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

(Koch) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume

No. 1, the following tariff sheets to be

effective January 1, 1997:

Third Revised Sheet No. 1410

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 1411

Koch states that these revised tariff

sheets are filed to comply with the

Federal Energy Regulatory