Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 1997 / Notices 65801

1Natural’s Amendment was incomplete until the

supplement was filed on December 5, 1997.

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of High Island’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 29, 1997. Copies of the full

text of the order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

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

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32766 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MT98–5–000]

Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

December 10, 1997.

Take notice that on December 5, 1997,

Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc.

(MIT) tendered for filing in its FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1,

the following tariff sheets to become

effective January 1, 1998:

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 148

Third Revised Sheet No. 149

Third Revised Sheet No. 150

MIT states that the purpose of the

filing of the Revised Tariff Sheets is to

update its tariff to reflect certain recent

changes related to the offices and

personnel of its marketing affiliate.

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, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Sections 385.214

and 385.211 of the Commission’s Rules

and Regulations. All such motions or

protests should be filed in accordance

with Section 154.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or 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. 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 in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32712 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–27–002]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Application to

Amend Certificate

December 10, 1997.

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, as supplemented on December 5,

1997, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural), located at 701 East

22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148,

filed in Docket No. CP96–27–002 an

Application to Amend Certificate

(Amendment) pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA).1 The

certificate authority in this docket was

issued pursuant to the Preliminary

Determination issued on August 1, 1996

(76 FERC 61,142) and the Order Issuing

Certificate issued on August 1, 1997 (80

FERC 61,147). The details of Natural’s

proposal are more fully set forth in its

Amendment which is on file with the

Commission and open for public

inspection.

The above referenced Commission

Orders authorized the expansion of

Natural’s Amarillo Mainline by 345

MMcf/d to help serve 525 MMcf/d of

new load expected to come on-line at

Harper, Iowa, as of November 1, 1998.

The Commission’s Orders recognized

that the difference between the expected

new load and the amount of new

capacity to be constructed would be

provided by capacity to be turned back

by MidCon Gas Services Corporation

(MidCon Gas). Now, Natural has gotten

an additional 120 MMcf/d of turned

back capacity and expects to get 110

MMcf/d more before the 520 MMcf/d of

new load comes on-line.

The Amendment notes, first, that the

new load has been reduced to 520

MMcf/d because one of the shippers has

been unable to obtain upstream

capacity. However, the primary purpose

of the Amendment is to reduce the

amount of new capacity to be built to

help serve the 520 MMcf/d of new load.

Natural requests that two specific

expansion levels be authorized, in lieu

of the 345 MMcf/d level. They are 220

MMcf/d (estimated to cost $55.1

million) and 110 MMcf/d (estimated to

cost $23.7 million).

The 9,000 horsepower of additional

compression at Station 110 in Henry

County, Illinois and the Mississippi

River crossing, already approved in the

previous orders, will still be used. The

Amendment will reduce the number of

miles of new 36-inch loop line that will

be constructed. As originally

certificated, the project required 85.7

miles of new pipeline looping in various

segments. The 220 case will reduce that

to 34.8 miles. The 110 case will reduce

it to 4.1 miles. In both cases, the new

loop line will be constructed in right-ofway that was approved in the previous

orders. The only changes will be the

locations of the necessary crossover

points, where the new loop line and, in

the 110 case, the Mississippi River

crossing will be interconnected with

existing facilities of the Amarillo

Mainline.

Natural states that it will actually

construct the facilities for only one of

the two new expansion levels,

depending on the total amount of

existing capacity that is actually

available to help serve the new load.

The Amendment states that no

significant environmental issues are

presented, because the lower expansion

levels will result from a shortening of

the loop line mileage previously

authorized in this docket. A

continuation of rolled-in rate treatment

is said to be warranted, because each of

the two new expansion levels will have

only a minimal impact on Natural’s

existing rates.

Any person desiring to be heard or

making any protest with reference to

said Amendment should on or before

December 31, 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. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide