[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55235-55236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28033]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP90-1849-006]


The Washington Water Power Company; Notice of Application To 
Amend Order

October 17, 1997.
    Take notice that on October 10, 1997, The Washington Water Power 
Company (Water Power), East 1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington 
99202, filed in Docket No. CP90-1849-006, an application under Section 
7 of the Natural Gas Act to amend its existing certificate to allow for 
the continuation, for a limited term, of the release of a portion of 
its Jackson Prairie Underground Storage Project deliverability and 
capacity to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Water Power states that it first entered into an Agreement dated 
July 23, 1990, entitled ``Release of Jackson Prairie Storage Capacity'' 
(Release Agreement) which called for the release by Water Power to 
Cascade of 150,000 therms per day of firm deliverability, 55,328 therms 
per day of best efforts deliverability, and 4,800,000 therms of 
seasonal capacity, for a five-year term ending on April 30, 1995. Water 
Power further states that the Commission issued an order on November 
23, 1990, providing the necessary certificate and abandonment authority 
to Water Power and Northwest Pipeline Corporation, in order to 
effectuate the original release to Cascade (53 FERC para. 61,238).
    Water Power explains that Water Power and Cascade sought to 
continue the release of the deliverability and capacity for an 
additional limited term expiring on April 30, 1998, with pregranted 
abandonment (First Amendment to the Release Agreement), with the same 
terms and conditions as were previously approved by the Commission. On 
October 16, 1995, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. CP90-
1849-003 (73 FERC para. 61,080) amending the certificate to continue 
the release for a limited term.
    Water Power states that Water Power and Cascade, by means of a 
Second Amendment to the Release Agreement, have elected to again 
continue the release of the deliverability and capacity for an 
additional three-year term expiring on April 30, 2001, with pregranted 
abandonment, with the same terms and conditions as were previously 
approved by the Commission. Water Power further states that this 
application simply seeks an amended certificate authority to allow this 
three-year extension to occur.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 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 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the 
NGA (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 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

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unnecessary for Water Power to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28033 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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