[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44961-44962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22479]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-699-000]


Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application

August 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 18, 1997, Midcoast Interstate 
Transmission, Inc. (MIT), formerly Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company, 3230 Second Street, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661, filed an 
application under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act for a limited term 
certificate with pregranted abandonment authority, authorizing it to 
operate, for a limited period commencing November 1, 1997 and ending 
November 1, 1998, two 350 horsepower Clark compressor units and related 
facilities, which are located at its Sheffield Compressor Station in 
Colbert County, Alabama, that are currently used for standby purposes, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to the public inspection.
    MIT requests that the Commission issue the requested limited term 
authorization no later than October 15, 1997 to provide the necessary 
firm service entitlements of its customers commencing November 1, 1997. 
MIT states that during June 1997, it conducted an open season for new 
firm service. MIT contends that in response it obtained new contracts 
for firm service totaling 25,342 Dth/d. In Docket No. RP97-331-000 the 
Commission required MIT to continue service to the Cities of Decatur 
and Huntsville, Alabama, for one year beyond their respective contract 
expiration dates.\1\ MIT states that as a result, it is obligated by 
Commission order to provide firm service to Decatur until November 1, 
1998, and to Huntsville until April 1, 1999. MIT asserts that with the 
required continuation of firm service to Decatur and Huntsville, it 
will require additional peak day capacity in order to provide the new 
firm service that its open season customers have contracted for 
commencing November 1, 1997.
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    \1\ 79 FERC para. 61,282 (1997).
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    MIT states that because the compressor facilities currently serve 
its system in a standby capacity, there are no additional construction 
costs associated with this proposal. MIT will provide the additional 
firm service that is contracted to commence on November 1, 1997, at its 
existing Part 284 tariff rates and pursuant to its existing Part 284 
Blanket Certificate authority. MIT requests that the Commission grant 
it temporary authorization to operate the two compressor units no later 
than October 15, 1997, if permanent certificate authorization cannot be 
issued by such date.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 29, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 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 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 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

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unnecessary for MIT to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22479 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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