[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28837]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-152-002]


Kansas Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment to Application

October 27, 1997.
    Take notice that on October 21, 1997, Kansas Pipeline Company, 
majority owner and operator of Riverside Pipeline Company, L.P. 
(``Kansas Pipeline''), 8325 Lenexa Drive, Suite 400, Lenexa, Kansas 
66214, filed a letter and pro forma tariff sheets that propose to amend 
its application and proposed tariff that is the subject of the 
Commission's October 3, 1997 order in the above docketed proceeding, 
Kansas Pipeline Company, et. al., 81 FERC para. 61,005 (1997) (October 
3 Order).
    Specifically, these tariff sheets are designed to permit the 
certificate holder, Kansas Pipeline, to implement negotiated 
transportation rates with its customers pursuant to the Commission's 
Policy Statement on Alternatives to Traditional Cost-of-Service 
Ratemaking for Natural Gas Pipelines issued in Docket No. RM95-6-000, 
74 FERC para. 61,076 (1996).
    The pro forma tariff sheets filed by Kansas Pipeline propose 
negotiated rates for its two largest customers that, in the aggregate, 
account for approximately 99 percent of Kansas Pipeline's deliveries. 
For Western Resources, Inc., the negotiated rate is the outcome of a 
Settlement Agreement dated July 9, 1997 and finalized by an order of 
the Kansas Corporation Commission, a party to the Settlement Agreement. 
In the case of Missouri Gas Energy, a Division of Southern Union 
Company (MGE), the negotiated rate is that which is set forth in its 
Firm Gas Transportation Service Agreement with Kansas Pipeline dated 
February 24, 1995.
    In the filed letter, Kansas Pipeline also seeks clarification as to 
whether the Commission's October 3 Order requires service to MGE to be 
implemented under the generally applicable rates, terms and conditions 
set forth in the tariff that is the subject of the October 3 Order, 
rather than pursuant to the parties' February 24, 1995 contract.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 10, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 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 proceedings. 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 
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 Kansas Pipeline to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28837 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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