55230 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices

1The Residue Lateral is located downstream of a

processing plant owned by American, while the

Gathering Facilities are located upstream of the

processing plant.

2Natural contends that such plants are nonjurisdictional, and this plant was never certificated.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–20–000]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Application

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street,

Lombard, Illinois 60148–5072, filed an

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act for an order

permitting the abandonment of its

Buffalo Wallow Residue Lateral

(Residue Lateral) and the related

gathering facilities known as Gageby

Creek, Washita Creek and Buffalo

Wallow laterals (Gathering Facilities),1

which consist of certificated and noncertificated facilities located in

Hemphill and Wheeler Counties, Texas,

by sale to American Processing, L.P.

(American), all as more fully set forth in

the application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Natural is also requesting a

determination that such facilities will be

exempt from the Commission’s

jurisdiction following their transfer to

American. Natural notes that American

is not an affiliate. Natural states that the

approximately 49 miles of pipe being

sold varies in diameter from 3 to 16

inches. According to Natural,

approximately 39 miles of this pipe has

been certificated, while the remainder is

not certificated. Natural notes that there

is one non-certificated field booster

station also being sold. Natural contends

that American purchased the processing

plant form Natural pursuant to a

Purchase and Sale Agreement dated

December 30, 1996 (Agreement).

According to Natural, the Agreement

also provides for the sale and transfer of

the Residue Lateral and the Gathering

Facilities to American.

Natural states that the Buffalo Wallow

and Gageby Creek laterals operate at

approximately 350 psig. Gas from these

laterals is compressed by Booster

Station 91 prior to being processed at

Purification Plant No. 163 (PP163),

which is the processing plant that

Natural sold to American on December

30, 1996.2 Gas from the Washita Creek

lateral enters PP163 downstream of

Booster Station 91 and, therefore, must

operate at approximately 680 psig. The

Residue Lateral operates at

approximately 650 psig and free-flows

into Natural’s Oklahoma Extension in

Wheeler County, Texas, which is a part

of Natural’s Amarillo Mainline System.

Natural notes that pursuant to prior

rate cases filings, the Residue Lateral

and the Gathering Facilities have been

classified for rate purposes as

transmission facilities, and Natural

charges no separate gathering rate for

services provided by means of the

facilities. Therefore, Natural claims that

there is no requirement to make an NGA

Section 4 filing for ‘‘termination of

services.’’ Natural notes that the

purchase price for all of the facilities is

$4,000,000. American paid a total of

$3,200,000 to Natural on December 30,

1996. The remaining $800,000 will be

paid to Natural when ownership of the

Residue Lateral and the Gathering

Facilities is transferred to American.

According to Natural, the net book value

of the certificated facilities was

approximately $362,574 as of September

1, 1997.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make a 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, 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 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 Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission is filed within the time

required herein, if the Commission on

its own review of the matter finds that

permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are 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 Applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28107 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–3401–001]

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States

Power Company (Wisconsin); Notice of

Filing

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on August 27, 1997,

Northern States Power Company

tendered for filing its compliance filing

in the above-referenced docket.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

October 29, 1997. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28042 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP90–2158–004]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Application To Amend Order

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84108, filed in Docket No.

CP90–2158–004, an application under

Sections 7 (b) and (c) of the Natural Gas
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Act to amend its existing certificate and

abandonment authorizations to grant a

three-year extension beyond the

currently authorized April 30, 1998

expiration date, until April 30, 2001, all

as more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, Northwest requests

authorization for:

(1) A limited-term, partial

abandonment of Northwest’s Rate

Schedule SGS–1 storage service for The

Washington Water Power Company

(Water Power), corresponding to a

limited-term release of the Jackson

Prairie storage capacity by Water Power

to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation

(Cascade); and

(2) A limited-term certificate of public

convenience and necessity, with

pregranted abandonment, authorizing

Northwest to provide additional Rate

Schedule SGS–1 storage service for

Cascade in place of the temporarily

abandoned SGS–1 service for Water

Power.

Northwest states that under an

agreement dated July 23, 1990 and

amended April 28, 1995 (Release

Agreement), Water Power released

480,000 Dth of storage capacity, 15,000

Dth per day of firm deliverability and

5,533 Dth per day of best-efforts

deliverability to Cascade for a limited

term expiring April 30, 1998. Northwest

further states that consistent with the

release, Northwest was authorized to

correspondingly reduce its existing Rate

Schedule SGS–1 storage service

obligations to Water Power and to

provide replacement Rate Schedule

SGS–1 storage service to Cascade for a

limited term expiring on April 30, 1998.

Northwest explains that Water Power

and Cascade have agreed to extend the

storage release for an additional three

years pursuant to a July 30, 1997

amendment to the Release Agreement.

Northwest states that superseding Rate

Schedule SGS–1 storage service

agreements have been executed with

both Water Power and Cascade to reflect

this three-year extension.

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, 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 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

unnecessary for Northwest to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28034 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–1–55–001]

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of

Tariff Filing

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 14, 1997,

Questar Pipeline Company, (Questar)

tendered for filing, as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1,

Substitute Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5A

and Substitute Sixth Revised Sheet No.

6A, to be effective October 1, 1997.

Questar states that these tariff sheets

are filed in compliance with the

September 29, 1997, Order of the

Director Accepting, Rejecting and

Allowing Withdrawal of Tariff Sheets,

in Docket No. TM98–1–55.

Questar states further that copies of

this filing were served upon its

customers, the Public Service

Commission of Utah and the Wyoming

Public Service Commission.

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 Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. All such

protests should be filed in accordance

with 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28057 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–411–003]

Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes to FERC Gas

Tariff

October 17, 1997.

Take notice that on October 14, 1997,

Sea Robin Pipeline Company (Sea

Robin) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, the revised tariff sheets set forth

on Appendix A to the filing.

Sea Robin has requested to place the

tariff sheets into effect August 4, 1997.

On July 1, 1997, Sea Robin submitted

a filing with the Commission in the

above-captioned docket to create a new

rate schedule on Sea Robin’s system to

provide a new, flexible firm service for

any eligible shipper. Such new, firm

service, Rate Schedule FTS–2, provides

firm transportation at a volumetric rate

provided that shippers maintain a

throughput level of 80% of Maximum

Daily Quantity (MDQ). In the

Commission’s ‘‘Order Accepting and

Suspending Tariff Sheets Subject to

Conditions’’ dated July 31, 1997, the

Commission accepted Sea Robin’s filing

subject to certain conditions. Sea Robin

made a compliance filing with the

Commission on August 15, 1997. By

Order dated September 26, 1997, the

Commission accepted Sea Robin’s

compliance filing but required Sea

Robin to place the tariff sheets into

effect on August 4, 1997. This is the

date Sea Robin filed a motion with the

Commission to place the sheets into

effect.

In addition, the Commission required

Sea Robin to clarify the following to its

tariff language in its new Rate Schedule

FTS–2: