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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.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

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
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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 NGA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32834 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–741–000, et al.]

Wisconsin Electric Power Company, et

al., Electric Rate and Corporate

Regulation Filings

December 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Wisconsin Electric Power Company

[Docket No. ER98–741–000]

Take notice that on November 20,

1997, Wisconsin Electric Power

Company (Wisconsin Electric), tendered

for filing a Notice of Cancellation of

Service Schedule G (Presque Isle Power)

sold by Wisconsin Electric to Upper

Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO)

under the interconnection agreement

between the parties (Supplement No. 17

to Wisconsin Electric’s FERC Rate

Schedule No. 45).

Wisconsin Electric requests that this

cancellation become effective January 1,

1998.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

2. Consumers Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–742–000]

Take notice that on November 20,

1997, Consumers Energy Company

(Consumers), tendered for filing two

service agreements for Non-Firm Pointto-Point Transmission Service pursuant

to the Joint Open Access Transmission

Tariff filed on December 31, 1996, by

Consumers and The Detroit Edison

Company (Detroit Edison). The four

transmission customers are Wabash

Valley Power Association, Inc., and

Electric Clearinghouse, Inc. A copy of

the filing was served on the Michigan

Public Service Commission, Detroit

Edison and the transmission customers.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

3. South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company

[Docket No. ER98–743–000]

Take notice that on November 20,

1997, South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company (SCE&G), submitted service

agreements establishing TransCanada

Energy Ltd (TCEL), CNG Power Services

Corporation (CNG), and Oglethorpe

Power Corporation (OPC) as customers

under the terms of SCE&G’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff.

SCE&G requests an effective date of

one day subsequent to the filing of the

service agreements. Accordingly,

SCE&G requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of this filing were served upon

TCEL, CNG, OPC, and the South

Carolina Public Service Commission.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

4. South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company

[Docket No. ER98–744–000]

Take notice that on November 20,

1997, South Carolina Electric & Gas

Company (SCE&G), submitted service

agreements establishing Ohio Edison

Company (OEC), Arkansas Electric

Cooperative Corporation (AECC),

American Electric Power Service

Corporation (AEPSC), and Delhi Energy

Services, Inc. (DESI), as customers

under the terms of SCE&G’s Negotiated

Market Sales Tariff.

SCE&G requests an effective date of

one day subsequent to the filing of the

service agreements. Accordingly,

SCE&G requests waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements.

Copies of this filing were served upon

OEC, AECC, AEPSC, DESI, and the

South Carolina Public Service

Commission.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Commonwealth Electric Company;

Cambridge Electric Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–745–000]

Take notice that on November 20,

1997, Commonwealth Electric Company

(Commonwealth) and Cambridge

Electric Light Company (Cambridge),

collectively referred to as the

Companies, tendered for filing with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

executed Service Agreements between

the Companies and the following

Market-Based Power Sales Customers

(collectively referred to herein as the

Customers): NP Energy Inc., SCANA

Energy Marketing, Inc.

These Service Agreements specify

that the Customers have signed on to

and have agreed to the terms and

conditions of the Companies’ MarketBased Power Sales Tariffs designated as

Commonwealth’s Market-Based Power

Sales Tariff (FERC Electric Tariff

Original Volume No. 7) and Cambridge’s

Market-Based Power Sales Tariff (FERC

Electric Tariff Original Volume No. 9).

These Tariffs, accepted by the FERC on

February 27, 1997, and which have an

effective date of February 28, 1997, will

allow the Companies and the Customers

to enter into separately scheduled shortterm transactions under which the

Companies will sell to the Customers

capacity and/or energy as the parties

may mutually agree.

The Companies request an effective

date as specified on each Service

Agreement and Notice of Cancellation.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

6. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–746–000]

Take notice that on November 21,

1997, on behalf of its operating

companies, The Cincinnati Gas &

Electric Company and PSI Energy, Inc.,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

between Cinergy and the Town of Etna

Green (Customer).

Cinergy and Customer have requested

an effective date of February 1, 1998.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Town of Etna Green, Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

7. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER98–747–000]

Take notice that on November 21,

1997, on behalf of its operating

companies, The Cincinnati Gas &

Electric Company and PSI Energy, Inc.,

Cinergy Services, Inc. (Cinergy),

tendered for filing a Service Agreement

between Cinergy and the Town of

Walkerton (Customer).

Cinergy and Customer have requested

an effective date of February 1, 1998.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the Town of Walkerton, Northern

Indiana Public Service Company and

the Indiana Utility Regulatory

Commission.

Comment date: December 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.