Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 186 / Thursday, September 25, 1997 / Notices 50303

August 27 Settlement and, as a result,

the August 27 Settlement is never

implemented, CIG can implement

surcharges and/or refunds to reflect

revenue recovery that would have

occurred if this interim rate reduction

had not gone into effect.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations. All such 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.

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. 97–25383 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–61–008]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that on September 16,

1997, NorAm Gas Transmission

Company (NGT) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

revised tariff sheet to be effective

November 1, 1997:

Third Revised Sheet No. 306

NGT states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with the letter order

issued in this docket on June 30, 1997.

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. 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. 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. 97–25382 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–747–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that on September 11,

1997, NorAm Gas Transmission

Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street,

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the

above docket, a request pursuant to

§§ 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.211) and under NorAm’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82–

384–000 and CP82–384–001, to own

and operate certain facilities in

Arkansas to deliver gas to ARKLA, a

division of NorAm Energy Corp.

(ARKLA), all as more fully set forth in

the request which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

NGT specifically proposes to own and

operate a 2-inch delivery tap on NGT’s

Line BT–14 in Faulkner County,

Arkansas to provide service to ARKLA.

ARKLA will provide the meter station,

install it and then deed it to NGT at zero

cost. NGT will buy the lot for the

location site of the tap and install

electronic flow measurement at the site.

The estimated volumes to be delivered

through the above facilities are 400

MMBtu annually and 2 MMBtu on a

peak day. NGT’s construction costs are

estimated at $12,781 and ARKLA will

reimburse NGT $10,250 of the costs.

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 Rules of Practice and

Procedure (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 is

deemed to be authorized effective on 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. 97–25388 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–753–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that on September 12,

1997, Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed in

Docket No. CP97–753–000 a request

pursuant to §§ 157.205, 157.212 and

157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216)

for authorization to upgrade the Dodge

Center TBS #1, an existing delivery

point in Dodge County, Minnesota, to

accommodate incremental interruptible

natural gas deliveries to UtiliCorp

United Inc. (UCU), under Northern’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–401–000 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.

Northern states that interruptible

service will be provided to UCU

pursuant to currently effective

throughput service agreement(s). The

proposed incremental volumes to be

delivered for UCU at the proposed

delivery point are 935 MMBtu on a peak

day and 97,001 MMBtu on an annual

basis. The total estimated cost to

upgrade is $266,000 and UCU will

compensate Northern. The upgrade will

consist of a replacement of the existing

meter and appurtenant facilities.

Northern states that UCU requested the

proposed upgrade of the delivery point

to serve local residential, commercial,

and industrial customers.

Northern states that the proposed

upgrade is not prohibited by its existing

tariff and that it has sufficient capacity

to accomplish deliveries without

detriment or disadvantage to other

customers and that the total volumes

delivered after the request will not

exceed total volumes authorized prior to

the request.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of