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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 an original and 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

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 Ouachita to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–124–000]

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 9, 1997,

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

(Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston,

Texas 77251–1642, filed in Docket No,

CP98–124–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct,

own and operate a new delivery point

to be located in Pittsboro, Hendriks

County Indiana, under Panhandle’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–83–000, pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically Panhandle proposes to

install two 8-inch hot taps and check

valves on Panhandle’s mainline

facilities, approximately 1,200 feet of 8-

inch connecting pipe, and install

electronic gas measurement equipment

on the proposed metering facilities.

Panhandle states that the proposed

interconnection will be utilized to

provide transportation service to

Indiana Gas Company (Indiana Gas) for

redelivery to Qualitech Corporation, a

steel plant near Pittsboro, Indiana.

Panhandle states that Indiana Gas will

also construct facilities to accommodate

receipt of the gas from Panhandle. The

estimated cost of the proposed facilities

is approximately $85,000, which

Panhandle states will be reimbursed by

Indiana Gas. Panhandle states that the

new interconnection will be designed to

deliver up to 36,000 Dt/d of natural gas.

Panhandle states that the construction

of the proposed facilities will have no

effect on its peak day and annual

delivery requirement, and that

Panhandle has sufficient capacity to

accomplish deliveries without

detriment or disadvantage to its other

customers.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33272 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–87–000]

Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 11,

1997, Shell Gas Pipeline Company

(SGPC) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

First Revised Tariff Sheet Nos. 101 and

102 to become effective November 1,

1997.

SGPC states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with Order 636–C

issued on February 27, 1997, whereby

the matching term on the right-of-firstrefusal to retain existing capacity was

shortened from twenty years to five

years.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this 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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions and 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. 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. 97–33278 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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