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proposed herein will not result in the

abandonment of any facilities, nor will

it result in any disadvantage to any of

Applicants’ customers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

2, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20426, a petition 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 the proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

petition 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 on this application if no

petition to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, and if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter finds that the abandonment is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its motion believes that

a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provide

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Applicants to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32844 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–121–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

December 11, 1997.

Take notice that on December 5, 1997,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston,

Texas 77002, pursuant to Sections 5 and

7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, filed in

Docket No. CP98–121–000 an

application to replace a no-fee gas

transportation service performed on

behalf of Southern Natural Gas

Company (Southern) with service under

Tennessee’s generally applicable Part

284 tariff. The no-fee service was

certificated in 1979 in Docket No. CP78–

267–000 in connection with the Bear

Creek Storage Company (Bear Creek)

venture between Tennessee and

Southern.

Tennessee states that under the no-fee

service it provides storage-related

transportation services for Southern for

Southern’s injections and withdrawals

from Bear Creek, and that Southern does

not provide any corresponding services

for Tennessee. Tennessee further states

that Southern does not nominate the nofee services, that the services disrupt

operations under Tennessee’s open

access tariff and that the certificated

service is a carryover from the era of

bundled pipeline sales that is no longer

in the public interest. Tennessee

proposes that the Commission grant

authorization to replace the certificated

no-fee transportation service with firm

Part 284 service under Tennessee’s Rate

Schedule FT–A, at a level consistent

with Southern’s requirements and at

Southern’s election. Tennessee states

that its proposal would maintain

Southern’s continued use of, and access

to, the Bear Creek storage facility under

terms and conditions applicable to all

other Rate Schedule FT–A shippers on

Tennessee.

Tennessee proposes to credit to its

customers all firm revenues received

from Southern under the replacement

transportation service until the

effectiveness of Tennessee’s next rate

case.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

2, 1998, file with 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. 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, or

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 Tennessee to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32839 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–119–000]

Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application To Amend Certificate

December 11, 1997.

Take notice that on December 5, 1997,

Williams Natural Gas Company

(Williams), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa,

Oklahoma 74101, filed an application

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act, to amend Williams’ Elk City

Storage Field certificate, issued on

September 24, 1958, in Docket No. G–

10956 (20 FPC 390), by allowing an

expansion of the Elk City storage

facilities, all as more fully set forth in

the application, which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

The certificate issued in Docket No.

G–10956 authorized Williams (formerly:

Cities Service Gas Company) to

construct and operate the Elk City

Storage Field, in Elk, Chautauqua, and

Montgomery Counties, Kansas, as an

underground gas storage field.

Williams’ application in Docket No.

CP98–119–000 has been filed to comply

with a November 13, 1996 order that the

Commission issued in Docket No.

CP96–311–000. The November 13 order

authorized Williams to expand its buffer

zone by 1,460 acres, and required

Williams to conduct a detailed reservoir
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engineering/operational study and

develop a new operational plan for the

Elk City Storage Field, designed to

prevent storage reservoir expansion and

gas migration, and (to the maximum

extent possible) to establish and

maintain confinement of its Elk City

storage gas within the original

certificated storage field boundaries, i.e.,

south of the new 1,460 acre buffer zone.

The Commission further instructed

Williams’ that its operating plan had

include:

(1) Include the proper storage

reservoir boundary requirement;

(2) Include the maximum storage

volumetric operating capacity (without

gas loss);

(3) Include the maximum working

and cushion gas volumes;

(4) Include the maximum injection/

withdrawal rates;

(5) Include the proper shut-in

reservoir pressure requirement for the

Elk City Storage Field;

(6) Detail all operational changes

actually implemented by Williams as of

November 30, 1997, and explain how

those changes have affected the capacity

and deliverability of the storage field

and Williams’ storage services; and

(7) Detail Williams’ progress toward

confining its storage gas within the

original certificated storage field

boundaries, or any alternative

boundaries that Williams may propose.

Williams filed its reservoir

engineering/operational study and its

new operational plan for the Elk City

Storage Field on November 26, 1997,

and it is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Williams now requests the

Commission to authorize Williams to

acquire gas storage rights (by lease,

purchase, or the exercise of eminent

domain under the Natural Gas Act) for

the west half of Section 2, T31S, R13E,

in Montgomery County, Kansas, and all

of Section 3 and the east half of Section

4 in T31S, R13E, in Elk County, Kansas,

and the south half of Section 34 in

T30S, R13E, in Elk County, Kansas. The

proposed increase in the storage area

will add approximately 1,600 acres to

the Elk City Storage Field, for a buffer

zone, adjacent to the northern boundary

of the storage leasehold interests

previously authorized in Elk County,

Kansas.

Williams also requests the

Commission to authorize it to increase

the maximum operating pressure of the

storage field to 595 psig, wellhead (630

psia, reservoir), and to establish a

maximum inventory level of 30.7 Bcf at

14.73 psia (30.9 Bcf at 14.65 psia).

Williams further seeks to establish a

range of working and cushion gas levels,

and connect three storage observation

wells to the storage field’s injection/

withdrawal system. Specifically,

Williams seeks to connect the BH&W

#15–1 well in Section 15, T31S, R13E,

the BH&W #10–4 well in Section 10,

T31S, R13E, and the Kimzey #10–5 well,

in Section 10, T31S, R13E, by adding

approximately 4,500 feet of 4-inch

pipeline and approximately 1,500 feet of

6-inch pipeline to the existing system.

Williams also proposes to install a

check valve on the existing 6-inch

lateral in the northeast quarter of

Section 15, T13S, R13E, in Elk County,

Kansas, just north of the Elk #1 well, to

ensure that the Elk #60, Elk #61, BH&W

#15–1, BH&W #10–4, Kimzey #10–5

wells will only be operated as

withdrawal wells.

Williams asserts that the proposed

changes are reasonable and required by

the present and future public

convenience and necessity.

Any person desiring to be heard, or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should, on or before January

2, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C., 20426, a motion to intervene or

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 the 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, or

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

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 Williams to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32837 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–115–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

December 11, 1997.

Take notice that on December 4, 1997,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), 200 North

Third Street, Suite 300, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58501, filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP98–115–

000, pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) for authorization to utilize an

existing tap to effectuate natural gas

transportation deliveries to MontanaDakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota)

authorized in blanket certicate issued in

Docket Nos. CP98–487–000, et al., all as

more fully set forth in the request on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Williston Basin proposes to add both

right-of-way grantor and non right-ofway grantor and end-use customers to

an existing transmission line tap at

Station No. 9388+45 on Williston

Basin’s Belle Fourche-Rapid City

pipeline in Meade County, South

Dakota, at the request of MontanaDakota. The estimated additional

volume to be delivered is 600 Mcf per

year. The existing tap was never

connected by Montana-Dakota to the

right-of-way grantor’s residence and no

service was ever provided through this

facility. Williston Basin plans to provide

natural gas transportation deliveries to

Montana-Dakota for ultimate use by

additional customers.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, 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

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

allowed time, 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