[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67852-67853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33834]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-132-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

December 22, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), filed in Docket No. CP98-132-000 an application, pursuant 
to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and operate 
approximately 9.6 miles of 30-inch pipeline and appurtenances, located 
in Steele and Rice Counties, Minnesota, in order to provide increased 
natural gas deliveries to Koch Energy Services (Koch), all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Northern states that the expanded capacity will be used to provide 
incremental firm transportation service requested in its recent open 
season by Koch for use at its Rosemount Refinery. Northern proposes to 
construct and operate the proposed facilities which will provide 
additional peak day capacity in its operational Zone EF by 
approximately 40,000 Mcf of natural gas per day. Northern states that 
its application is supported by a precedent agreement with Koch 
covering firm transportation services subscribing the full capacity of 
the proposed facilities.
    Northern estimates the cost of the proposed facilities to be 
approximately $9.4 million which it anticipates to finance with 
internally generated funds.
    Northern requests approval for rolled-in rate treatment of the 
expansion costs of the proposed facilities. Northern states that the 
rate impact to Northern's existing shippers meets the threshold applied 
by the Commission for a presumption in favor of rolled-in rates and the 
proposed facilities are integral to Northern's existing transmission 
system.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
January 12, 1998, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
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 taken 
but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. 
The Commission's rules require that protestors provide copies of their 
protests to the party or parties directly involved. 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.
    A person obtaining intervenor status will be placed on the service 
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive 
copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by every one of the 
intervenors. An intervenor can file for rehearing of any Commission 
order and can petition for court review of any such order. However, an 
intervenor must submit copies of comments or any other filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as 14 copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed 
on the Commission's environmental mailing

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list, will receive copies of environmental documents and will be able 
to participate in meetings associated with the Commission's 
environmental review process. Commenters will not be required to serve 
copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, commenters 
will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or 
issued by the Commission and will not have the right to seek rehearing 
or appeal the Commission's final order to a federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
    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 Northern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33834 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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