[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64580-64581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31987]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-411-005]


Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC 
Gas Tariff

December 2, 1997.
    Take notice that on November 25, 1997, Sea Robin Pipeline Company 
(Sea Robin) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First 
Revised Volume No. 1, the following revised Tariff sheet pursuant to 
Section 154.203 of the Commission's Regulations and Section 4 of the 
Natural Gas Act to become effective November 3, 1997:

Second Revised Sheet No. 7a

    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, provided 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 
filings with the Commission on August 15, 1997, and October 14, 1997, 
to place the tariff sheets into effect on August 4, 1997.
    The July 31 Order recognized that acceptance of the filing was 
subject to the outcome of Sea Robin's rehearing petition in Docket No. 
RP95-167. On December 31, 1996, Sea Robin filed a Stipulation and 
Agreement (Stipulation) in Docket No. RP95-167 under which it intended 
to resolve all of the issues in the proceeding and to implement revised 
rates effective January 1, 1997. The Stipulation Lowered Sea Robin's 
interruptible transportation (IT) rate to

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$0.0800/Dth and lowered its firm transportation (FT) demand rate to 
$2.26/Dth and FT commodity rate to $0.0040/Dth (Settlement Rates).
    On April 22, 1997, the Commission issued its Order on Settlement 
Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates (April 22 Order), which required 
Sea Robin to reduce both its existing rates and Settlement Rates under 
Section 5(a) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717d(a)(1996) to $0.074/
dth for IT service and $2.12/dth demand and $0.003/dth commodity for FT 
service. On rehearing of the April 22 Order, however, the Commission 
issued an order dated November 3, 1997, which accepted the settlement 
rates as just and reasonable. When Sea Robin filed its flex-firm rate 
schedule on July 1, 1997, with the rates contained in the April 22 
Order, Sea Robin specifically stated that ``any rates proposed to be 
charged hereunder will be subject to the outcome of Sea Robin's 
rehearing request.'' Accordingly, consistent with the Commission's 
November 3 Order, Sea Robin has filed the revised tariff sheet to 
implement the Settlement Rates for service under Rate Schedule FTS-2 as 
approved by the November 3 Order.
    Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with the Rule 211 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR Section 385.211). 
All such protests must 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 in the Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-31987 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
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