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Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23413 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–471–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1, Second Revised

Sheet No. 462 to be effective September

25, 1997.

Texas Eastern asserts that the purpose

of this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Order No. 636–C,

Ordering Paragraph (B) which requires

any pipeline with a right-of-first-refusal

tariff provision containing a contract

term cap longer than five years to revise

its tariff consistent with the revised cap

of five years adopted in Order No. 636–

C.

Texas Eastern states that copies of this

filing were served on firm customers of

Texas Eastern and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23418 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–467–000]

Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Trailblazer Pipeline Company

(Trailblazer) tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised

Volume No. 1, Second Revised Sheet

No. 177, to be effective October 1, 1997.

Trailblazer states that the filing was

made pursuant to Section 4 of the

Natural Gas Act, the Commission’s

Regulations thereunder regarding tariff

changes, and Order No. 636–C.

Specifically, Trailblazer requested to

modify Sections 21.2(d)(1) and (d)(3) of

the General Terms and Conditions of its

tariff relating to the right of first refusal

to provide for a five-year term matching

cap instead of the currently effective

twenty-year term match.

Trailblazer requests whatever waivers

are necessary to permit the tariff sheet

to become effective on October 1, 1997.

Trailblazer states that a copy of the

filing has been mailed to Trailblazer’s

transportation customers and interested

state regulatory agencies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23414 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–705–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipeline

Corporation and El Paso Natural Gas

Company; Notice of Joint Application

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 22, 1997,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396,

Houston, Texas 77251 and El Paso

Natural Gas Company (El Paso), jointly

referred to as Applicants, filed in Docket

No. CP97–705–000 a joint application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act for an order permitting and

approving the abandonment of existing

Section 7(c) certificated exchange

agreements between Transco and El

Paso, under Transco’s Rate Schedules

X–160 and X–161 and El Paso’s Rate

Schedules X–46 and X–45, all as more

fully set forth in the application on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Specifically, the Applicants state that

they seek Commission authorization to

terminate Transco’s Rate Schedules X–

160 and X–161 and El Paso’s Rate

Schedules X–46 and X–45. The

Applicants state that Transco and El

Paso, by letter dated June 2, 1997,

mutually agreed to terminate these

services effective as of the date an order

is issued approving such terminations.

The Applicants state that the service

provided under the exchange

agreements has not been utilized since

May, 1991, and that no historical

imbalances associated with the subject

exchange agreements exist.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

September 18, 1997, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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 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
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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 permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are 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 Transco or El Paso to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23397 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–712–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 25, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 200 North

Third Street, Suite 300, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58501, filed in the above docket,

a request pursuant to Section 7 of the

Natural Gas Act (N.A.) and Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations, for

authorization to utilize an existing tap

to effectuate natural gas transportation

deliveries to Montana-Dakota Utilities

(Montana-Dakota) for ultimate use by

additional residential customers in

McCone County, Montana, all as more

fully set forth in the request which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Specifically, Williston Basin proposes

to provide natural gas transportation

deliveries to Montana-Dakota for

ultimate use by residential customers

under Rate Schedules FT–1 and/or

IT–1 of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1. Williston Basin

was authorized to acquire and operate

this tap pursuant to the Commission’s

order dated February 13, 1985, in

Docket Nos. CP82–487–000, et al.

Williston Basin states that the proposed

service will have no significant effect on

its peak day or annual requirements and

capacity has been determined to exist

on its system to service this natural gas

market. Williston Basin states that its

FERC Gas Tariff does not prohibit the

addition of new delivery points.

Williston Basin also states that the

volumes to be delivered are within the

contractual entitlements of the

customer.

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 § 157.205 of the Regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.205) a protest to the request. If no

protest is filed within the time allowed

therefor, the proposed activity is

deemed to be authorized effective on 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23400 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–472–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 26, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets to become

effective August 26, 1997:

First Revised Sheet No. 45

First Revised Sheet No. 75

Second Revised Sheet No. 293

Williston Basin states that the revised

tariff sheets reflect modifications to

Williston Basin’s FERC Gas Tariff in

compliance with the Commission’s

Order No. 636–C ‘‘Order on Remand’’

issued February 27, 1997 in Docket Nos.

RM91–11–006 and RM87–34–072.

Any persons 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 NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

Sections 385.211 and 385.214). All such

motions or 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 the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to the proceeding must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of the filing are on file

with the Commission and are available

for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23420 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EC97–47–000]

Zond Minnesota Development

Corporation and Lake Benton Power

Partners, LLC; Notice of Filing

August 28, 1997.

Take notice that on August 18, 1997,

Zond Minnesota Development

Corporation and Lake Benton Power

Partners, LLC tendered for filing an

amendment in the above-referenced

docket.

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 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

September 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