48642 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices

Viking states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the

Commission’s requirements set forth in

Order No. 636–C, Pipeline Service

Obligations and Revisions to

Regulations Governing SelfImplementing Transportation under Part

284 of the Commission’s Regulations,

Docket No. RM91–11–006 and

Regulation of Natural Gas Pipelines after

Partial Wellhead Decontrol, Docket No.

RM87–34–072, 78 FERC ¶ 61,186 (1997)

issued on February 27, 1997.

Accordingly, Viking has revised the

contract matching term cap provided for

under its right-of-first-refusal provisions

to reflect the new five year maximum

cap required by the Commission in

Order No. 636–C.

Viking states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all of its

jurisdictional customers and to affected

state regulatory commissions.

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, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. 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 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. 97–24457 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–717–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Application for

Abandonment

September 10, 1997.

Take notice that on August 29, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 200 North

Third Street, Suite 300, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58501, filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act for an order granting permission

and approval to abandon a compressor

unit and appurtenant facilities, all as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, Williston Basin proposes

to abandon Compressor Unit No. 3 and

appurtenant facilities at the Lovell

Compressor Station in Big Horn County,

Wyoming. Williston Basin states that

due to the change in location in gas

supply on its system, it has not required

the service of all three compressor units

at the Lovell Compressor Station and,

therefore, sees no need for Compressor

Unit No. 3 at this location in the future.

Williston Basin states that it will leave

Compressor Station No. 3 in place until

such time as it may be required for

another purpose or location. However,

Williston Basin states, Compressor Unit

No. 3 will not be connected to either the

suction or discharge lines and will be

inoperable. Williston Basin asserts that

the abandonment will not affect its

current operations or impact its

customers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before October

1, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, 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

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

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 Williston Basin to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24449 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–3945–000, et al.]

New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and

Corporate Regulation Filings

September 4, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation

[Docket No. ER97–3945–000]

Take notice that on August 12, 1997,

New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation (‘‘NYSEG’’), filed a Service

Agreement between NYSEG and New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation,

(‘‘Customer’’). This Service Agreement

specifies that the Customer has agreed

to the rates, terms and conditions of the

NYSEG open access transmission tariff

filed and effective on May 28, 1997 with

revised sheets effective on June 11,

1997, in Docket No. OA97–571–000 and

OA96–195–000.

NYSEG requests waiver of the

Commission’s sixty-day notice

requirements and an effective date of

July 1, 1997 for the New York State

Electric & Gas Corporation Service

Agreement. NYSEG has served copies of

the filing on The New York State Public

Service Commission and on the

Customer.

Comment date: September 18, 1997,

in accordance with Standard Paragraph

E at the end of this notice.

2. Consumers Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–4181–000]

Take notice that on August 13, 1997,

Consumers Power Company

(Consumers), tendered for filing two

service agreements for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service pursuant

to the Joint Open Access Transmission

Tariff filed on December 31, 1996 by

Consumers and The Detroit Edison

Company (Detroit). The two

transmission customers are

Commonwealth Edison Company and

the City of Bay City. A copy of the filing

was served on the Michigan Public

Service Commission, Detroit and the

two transmission customers.