[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51845-51846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26227]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-765-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

September 29, 1997.
    Take notice than on September 22, 1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-765-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct 
and operate mainline looping and measurement facilities, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    ANR states that the proposed 11.4 miles of 30-inch mainline 
looping, located upstream of ANR's existing Kewaskum, Wisconsin, 
compressor station, and new meter station, located on ANR's existing 
Racine lateral pipeline, are designed to increase transmission capacity 
by 116 MMcf per day and thereby enable ANR to provide additional firm 
transportation service to subscribing shippers in the Wisconsin market 
area of ANR's system.
    ANR states that it held an open season wherein a number of shippers 
expressed an interest in receiving firm transportation service on ANR, 
from various existing and proposed pipeline interconnection points 
located within the vicinity of the newly emerging Chicago gas hub, to 
delivery points located within the State of Wisconsin. ANR states that 
those shippers have received approval of their requests for service and 
some have entered into precedent agreements with ANR for new services 
that will utilize all of the new capacity proposed herein.
    ANR states that it will provide the service under Part 284 of the 
Commission's regulations and charge the subscribing shippers rates that 
do not exceed the currently effective Mainline Area rates for firm 
services under its existing Second Revised Volume No. 1 of its FERC Gas 
Tariff.
    ANR estimates the construction cost of the proposed facilities to 
be $23.6 million, which will be financed from internally generated 
funds.
    ANR requests a Preliminary Determination on non-environmental 
issues by January 1, 1998, with final approval by June 15, 1998, so 
that the proposed facilities can be placed in service by the 1998/1999 
heating season.
    ANR requests that the Commission issue a predetermination that 
rolled-in rates are appropriate for the proposed facilities, 
maintaining that rate impact on existing customers will be no greater 
than 0.5 percent. ANR further maintains that installation of looping on 
its mainline trunk facilities will enhance stability and security of 
firm service, in addition to providing increased outage protection, for 
all shippers utilizing that portion of ANR's system.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
October 20, 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 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protest 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.
    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, and 
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.

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Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, commenters 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 intervenors status.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to 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 own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate is 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 ANR to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-26227 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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