Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 1997 / Notices 5389

First Revised Volume No. 1

Third Revised Sheet No. 127

Original Sheet No. 127–A

Kern River states that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s Order Authorizing

Blanket Construction (Order) issued on

December 23, 1996 in Docket No. CP96–

727–000. In the instant filing, Kern

River is modifying its tariff to define the

circumstances under which Kern River

will offer to make contributions in aid

of construction available to shippers

who construct facilities needed to take

delivery of gas from, or to measure gas

delivered by, Kern River.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

filing should on or before February 7,

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 and

385.211) and the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests 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 must

file a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s Rules. Copies of

this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2774 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP97–81–001]

K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.;

Notice of Tariff Filing

January 30, 1997.

Take notice that on January 24, 1997

K N Interstate Gas Transmission

Company Co. (KNI) tendered for filing

as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third

Revised Volume No. 1–B, the following

revised tariff sheets to be effective

January 1, 1997:

First Revised Sheet No. 36

Substitute Original Sheet No. 89

KNI states that these tariff sheets are

being submitted to comply with the

Commission’s December 31, 1996 Order

in this proceeding.

KNI states that copies of the filing

were served upon KNI’s mainline

jurisdictional customers, interested

public bodies, and all parties to the

proceedings.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). All such

protests must be filed as provided in

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. 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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2777 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP97–236–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

January 30, 1997.

Take notice that on January 27, 1997,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised

Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in

Appendix A to the filing, to become

effective February 27, 1997, except for

Original Sheet No. 273–A which has a

proposed effective date of October 1,

1995.

Northwest states that this filing is

submitted to make several minor

revisions to Northwest’s tariff,

including: (1) Canceling Rate Schedule

T–1, (2) incorporating a revenue

crediting mechanism related to revenue

credits received from Questar Pipeline

Company for storage at Clay Basin, (3)

updating Northwest’s list of marketing

affiliates, (4) removing provisions

requiring a prepayment fee if firm

service is requested, (5) changing from

monthly to annual distribution of

penalty revenue credits applicable to

unauthorized overrun or underrun

penalties, (6) removing obsolete tariff

provisions and (7) making other general

‘‘housekeeping’’ changes.

Northwest states that a copy of this

filing has been served upon Northwest’s

customers and interested state

regulatory commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or

protest this 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 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. 97–2778 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP97–209–000]

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

January 30, 1997.

Take notice that on January 27, 1997,

Transwestern Pipeline Company

(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Post

Office Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251–

1188 filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP97–209–

000, pursuant to Sections 157.205, and

157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for authorization to install and

operate a new delivery point which

would accommodate interruptible

natural gas deliveries to GPM Gas

Corporation (GPM) authorized in

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–534–000, all as more fully set

forth in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Transwestern proposes to install and

operate a new delivery point, located in

Sherman County, Texas, at GPM’s

request which would provide

compressor fuel and starting gas for use

at its plant. The proposed volumes to be

delivered would be 500 MMBtu on a

peak day and 182,500 MMBtu on an

annual basis. Transwestern estimates

the cost of constructing the delivery

point would be $16,500.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, 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 157.205

of the Regulations under the NGA (18

CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If

no protest is filed within the allowed

time, the proposed activity shall be
5390 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 1997 / Notices

1 Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

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 NGA.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2776 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP97–198–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

January 30, 1997.

Take notice that on January 17, 1997,

as supplemented on January 28, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 200 North

Third Street, Bismarck, North Dakota

58501, filed in Docket No. CP97–198–

000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate delivery facilities in South

Dakota under Williston Basin’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

487–000, et al., pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Williston Basin proposes to construct

an additional one-inch tap at an existing

tap site to effectuate natural gas

transportation deliveries to MontanaDakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota)

for ultimate use by additional

residential customers. Williston Basin

states that the existing tap and the

additional one-inch tap will be

manifolded together and used to serve

Montana-Dakota, for ultimate use by the

residents of the Mountain Shadow

Estates mobile home park. Williston

Basin estimates the current maximum

daily quantity at the existing tap to be

200 Mcf per day. Williston Basin further

estimates that after the additional oneinch tap is installed, the maximum daily

delivery quantity will be 1,100 Mcf per

day. Williston Basin states that the

volumes to be delivered are within the

contractual entitlements of the

customer. In addition, Williston Basin

estimates the cost of construction to be

$1,000, of which will be fully

reimbursed by Montana-Dakota.

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

§ 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. 97–2775 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP96–647–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed 1998 Expansion

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

January 30, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed in the 1998

Expansion Project.1 This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether an

environmental impact statement is

necessary and whether to approve the

project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) requests

authority to construct and operate the

following:

1. Three 36-inch-diameter loops

totalling about 71.5 miles of pipeline:

a. Loop 1—about 22.0 miles long,

extending from St. Vincent Compressor

Station at milepost (MP) 0.7 to MP 22.7

in Kittson County, Minnesota;

b. Loop 2—about 26.7 miles long,

extending from MP 132.5 to MP 159.2

in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard

Counties, Minnesota; and

c. Loop 3—about 22.8 miles long,

extending from MP 283.5 to MP 306.3

in Carlton County, Minnesota and

Douglas County, Wisconsin;

2. Two 7,400 horsepower compressor

units and appurtenant facilities at the

St. Vincent Compressor Station and

Farwell Compressor Station in Kittson

County, Minnesota and Clare County,

Michigan, respectively;

3. A replacement aerodynamic

assembly at the Thief River Falls

Compressor Station in Marshall County,

Minnesota; and

4. Minor permanent above ground

ancillary facilities;

a. three crossover assemblies at the

new loop ends at MPs 22.7, 159.2, and

306.3 in Kittson and Hubbard Counties,

Minnesota, and Douglas County,

Wisconsin, respectively;

b. the expansion of four existing

mainline valve sites at MPs 16.3, 150.0,

283.5, and 299.3 in Kittson, Beltrami,

and Carlton Counties, Minnesota, and

Douglas County, Wisconsin,

respectively; and

c. removal of the existing end-of-loop

valve and crossover assembly by MP

132.5 in Clearwater County, Minnesota.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2 If you

are interested in obtaining detailed

maps of a specific portion of the project,

please write to the Secretary of the

Commission at the address on page 4 of

this notice.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 867 acres of land.

Following construction, about 222 acres

would be maintained as new permanent

right-of-way. The remaining 645 acres of

land would be restored and allowed to

revert to their former use.

Construction Timing

Great Lakes proposes to construct

loopline facilities in two phases: a 1997/

1998 winter phase and a 1998 summer

phase. Loop 2 would be constructed

during the 1997/1998 winter phase

beginning November 15, 1997, and

would be completed by March 1, 1998.

Therefore, wetlands would be frozen

during the crossings.

Loops 1 and 3 would be constructed

during the 1998 summer phase

beginning July 1, 1998, with an inservice date November 1, 1998.

The compressor station additions and

modifications would be installed during

the period of March 1, 1998, and

November 1, 1998.