[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33655]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-563-001]


Michigan Gas Storage Company; Notice of Petition To Amend

December 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on November 25, 1997, Michigan Gas Storage Company 
(MGSCo), 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, filed with 
the Commission, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), a 
petition to amend the order issued on September 19, 1997, in Docket No. 
CP97-563-000 to slightly modify the construction authorized in the 
Cranberry Lake Storage Field, Clare County, Michigan, all as more fully 
set forth in the application for amendment, which is open to the public 
for inspection.
    Michigan Gas Storage Company (MGSCo) notified the Commission on 
November 25, 1997, that MGSCo has now developed an alternative, 
functionally equivalent piping configuration for the Cranberry Lake 
Storage Field in Clare County, Michigan, which varies slightly from 
what the Director, Office of Pipeline Regulation authorized on 
September 19, 1997, in Docket No. CP97-563-000. Specifically, MGSCo 
states that the existing 6-inch diameter (approximately 125 feet) and 
4-inch diameter (approximately 625 feet) pipe on Lateral 63 East 
between wells C715 and C350 is in good condition and does not need to 
be replaced with the originally proposed 2-inch diameter pipe. This 
segment of the pipe only required minor repairs to the pipe coating.
    Instead, MGSCo now proposes to cut and remove the 1,690 feet of 
existing 6-inch diameter pipe between wells C353 and C715 on Lateral 63 
East, rather than replacing it with the 8-inch diameter pipe authorized 
in the September 19, 1997, order. MGSCo states that it can install the 
pig launcher at the eastern cut end of this segment. Gas would then 
flow westward from the storage wells along this section of lateral 
through 8-inch diameter pipe.
    MGSCo also states that gas flowing through the existing 6-inch and 
4-inch diameter segment (east of the 1,690 feet of removed pipe) on 
Lateral 63 East would flow northward through the existing 4-inch 
diameter tie-line between Laterals 62 East and 63 East. MGSCo further 
states that these minor modifications could save $80,000 in material 
and labor costs, as well as avoid the cutting of trees in a 15-foot by 
300-foot temporary work area.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition to amend should on or before December 29, 
1997, 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 384.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (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 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33655 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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