50916 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 188 / Monday, September 29, 1997 / Notices

1The Commission declared VGS to be a

jurisdictional entity subject to the Natural Gas Act

Answers to this complaint shall be due

on or before October 3, 1997.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25720 Filed 9–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–755–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

September 23, 1997.

Take notice that on September 15,

1997, Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed, in

Docket No. CP97–755–000, an

application pursuant to Sections 7(b)

and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part

157 of the Commission’s Regulations for

an order permitting and approving the

abandonment of certain compressor

station facilities and a certificate of

public convenience and necessity to

construct and operate approximately 25

miles of 36-inch pipeline, with

appurtenant facilities, all located in the

state of Kansas, as more fully set forth

in the application which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically, Northern proposes to (1)

abandon in place eleven (11) 1,600 HP

horizontal compressor units (units 12

through 22) at its Bushton Compressor

Station located in Rice County, Kansas;

and (2) install and operate two pipeline

stitches totaling approximately 25 miles

of 36-inch pipeline and appurtenant

facilities to connect and complete its

existing ‘‘E-Line’’ between its

Mullinville and Mackville Compressor

Stations in Edward and Pawnee

Counties, Kansas (Mullinville to

Macksville Stitch) and between its

Macksville and Bushton Compressor

Stations in Barton and Rice Counties,

Kansas (Macksville to Bushton Stitch).

Northern states that, when compared to

currently existing capacity, the overall

capacity of Northern’s mainline will be

essentially the same when both the

abandonment and pipeline stitches are

completed. Northern estimates that the

cost of the proposed project is

approximately $25,655,000, which will

be financed with internally generated

funds. Northern requests that

authorization be issued by early spring

1998 in order for the facilities to be

constructed and placed in service

during Spring 1998.

Northern asserts that the rate impact

to its existing shippers is within the 5

percent threshold applied by the

Commission for a presumption in favor

of rolled-in rates. Northern states the

proposed abandonment, in conjunction

with the new pipeline segment, is

integral to Northern’s existing pipeline

system to ensure pipeline reliability

during peak periods of demand thereby

meeting the operational standard for

rolled-in rates.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before October

14, 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

385.211 and 385.214) 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 in any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by every one of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commentors will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commentors

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

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 and a grant of

the 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 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 Northern to appear or to

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25717 Filed 9–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–761–000]

Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.,

Notice of Application

September 23, 1997.

Take notice that on September 18,

1997, Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.

(VGS), 1000 Louisiana, Suite 5800,

Houston, Texas 77002–5050, filed an

application with the Commission in

Docket No. CP97–761–000 pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for permission and approval to

abandon a transportation service

currently performed for Samedan Oil

Corporation (Samedan), all as more fully

set forth in the application which is

open to public inspection.

VGS states that it currently transports

natural gas on an interruptible basis for

Samedan under the month-to-month

evergreen provisions of an October 1,

1991, gathering agreement while VGS’

request in Docket Nos. CP97–533–000,

et al., for a Part 284 blanket certificate

is pending before the Commission.1