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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25281]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-752-000]

Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation; Notice of Application

September 18, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 12, 1997, Distrigas of Massachusetts 
Corporation (DOMAC), 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-752-000 an application for a limited-term 
certificate of public convenience and necessity, for the period 
commencing on November 1, 1997 and ending on March 31, 1999, requesting 
authority to install certain temporary air injection equipment at its 
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Everett, Massachusetts.
    DOMAC states that there are likely to be several instances during 
the period from November 1, 1997 through March 31, 1999 when it will be 
necessary to air stabilize higher than usual BTU content LNG cargoes 
through the use of additional air injection facilities. According to 
DOMAC, there are limits to the amount of higher-BTU content LNG that it 
can stabilize using its existing permanent air injection capacity, 
particularly when a higher-BTU cargo is received followed at a short 
interval by a subsequent cargo. Accordingly, DOMAC seeks authority to 
install and operate temporary air injection facilities in preparation 
for such expected receipts.
    DOMAC states that the limited-term certificate requested in this 
application will neither affect, nor require modification to, its 
August 1, 1990, Operating Agreement with Commonwealth Gas Company and 
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 9, 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 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 review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment and grant of 
certificate 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 DOMAC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25281 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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