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157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate a new point of delivery to

Washington Gas Light Company (WGL)

in Charles County, Maryland, under

Cove Point’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP94–59–000, pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Cove Point requests authorization to

construct and operate a delivery point,

identified as the Gardiner Road Tap, to

be located in Charles County, Maryland.

Cove Point describes the Gardiner Road

Tap as two 16-inch taps to be located on

either side of a check valve located on

Cove Point’s 36-inch pipeline at or near

Gardiner Road at the intersection of the

Cove Point Pipeline and the facilities to

be constructed by WGL. Cove Point says

that WGL’s facilities, upon construction,

will be interconnected to the Cove Point

Pipeline by the Gardiner Road Tap.

Cove Point indicates it will provide

service through this delivery point

pursuant to authorized rate schedules

and within certificated entitlements as

shown below:

Customer Rate

schedule

Estimated design day

quantity

(Dth)

Estimated annual quantity

(Dth)

WGL ................................................................................................................................................ FTS 100,000 400,000

FPS–1 50,000 500,000

FPS–2 50,000 250,000

Cove Point explains that the

construction and operation for the

additional point of delivery has been

requested by WGL for firm

transportation and peaking service for

residential and commercial use. Cove

Point says that WGL has not requested

an increase in the peak day entitlements

in conjunction with this request to

establish a new point of delivery.

Therefore, Cove Point asserts there is no

impact on its existing peak day

obligations to its other customers as a

result of the proposed new point of

delivery. Cove Point relates that WGL

has agreed to reimburse Cove Point

100% of the actual cost of construction

to construct and operate this new point

of delivery which is approximately

$75,000 which includes an amount for

gross-up for income tax purposes.

Cove Point says it will comply with

all of the environmental requirements of

Section 157.206(d) of the Commission’s

regulations prior to the construction of

any facilities. Cove Point states that it

has obtained the appropriate

environmental clearances from the

Maryland State Historic Preservation

Office and the United States Department

of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife

Service, for the proposed construction.

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 Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

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 shall be deemed to

be authorized effective 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. 97–23665 Filed 9–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–300–000, et al.]

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners;

Notice of Site Visit

September 2, 1997.

On September 9, 1997, the Office of

Pipeline Regulation (OPR) staff will

inspect pipeline construction in

progress at locations offshore of

Dauphin Island, Alabama.

All interested parties may attend. OPR

staff will depart from the Mobile Airport

by helicopter at 8:30 A.M. Those

planning to attend the September 9,

1997 site inspection must provide their

own transportation.

For further information, call Paul

McKee, Office of External Affairs, at

(202) 208–1088.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23666 Filed 9–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–711–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

September 2, 1997.

Take notice that on August 25, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 200 North

Third Street, Suite 300, Bismark, North

Dakota 58501, filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP97–711–

000, pursuant to Sections 157.205,

157.211 and 157.216(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to upgrade an existing delivery meter

and associated appurtenant facilities by

abandoning certain existing facilities

and constructing and operating

upgraded facilities to effectuate

increased natural gas transportation

deliveries to Interenergy Corporation

(Interenergy) authorized in blanket

certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82–

487–000, et al., all as more fully set

forth in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Williston states that Interagency has

requested the upgrade of the existing

Hiland Plant delivery meter and

associated appurtenant facilities in

Washakie County, Wyoming, to allow

Williston Basin to accommodate

increased deliveries of natural gas to be

used as an emergency source of fuel for

its gas compressors. The existing

metering and appurtenant facilities are

currently too small to accommodate the

increased delivery requested by

Interenergy. Therefore, Williston Basin

proposes to replace the existing delivery