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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1073-1074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-378]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM96-1-003]

Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines

December 18, 1996.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of comment schedule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission's proposed rule in this proceeding would amend 
its open access regulations by incorporating by reference standards 
promulgated by the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB). A staff 
technical conference was held on December 12 and 13, 1996, to discuss 
the future direction of GISB's electronic communication standards and 
the possible need for standards in disputed areas. Comments are 
requested on issues considered at that technical conference.

DATES: Comments on issues considered at the technical conference are 
due on or before February 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Goldenberg, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 
(202) 208-2294.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is given that comments on issues 
considered at the technical conference held on December 12 and 13, 
1996, are to be filed by February 21, 1997. Commenters should address 
the issues and questions identified in the Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking \1\ as the subjects for discussion at the technical 
conference. Further, commenters should address the issues identified by 
staff at the technical conference, including: whether it is important 
for the creation of an efficient interstate pipeline grid to have the 
Commission or GISB develop standards in the disputed areas; whether 
there are policy questions that the industry, through the Gas Industry 
Standards Board, will be unable to resolve and that the Commission 
should resolve to permit further progress in developing standards in 
these areas;

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and, if there are such policy questions, how and why they should be 
resolved in a particular manner.
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    \1\ Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 58790 (Nov. 19, 
1996), 77 FERC para. 61,143 (Nov. 13, 1996).
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    Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments electronically 
and, in particular, are encouraged to participate in the Commission's 
pilot project using the Internet for filing comments. Comments can be 
submitted on computer diskette in WordPerfect 6.1 or lower 
format or in ASCII format, with the name of the filer and Docket No. 
RM96-1-003 on the outside of the diskette. Internet comments should be 
submitted through Internet E-Mail to ``[email protected]'' in the 
following format: on the subject line, specify Docket No. RM96-1-003; 
in the body of the E-Mail message, specify the name of the filing 
entity and the name, telephone number and E-Mail address of a contact 
person; and attach the comment in WordPerfect 6.1 or lower 
format or in ASCII format as an attachment to the E-Mail message.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-378 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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