Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 1997 / Notices 66347

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–51–000]

MIECO Inc.; Notice of Issuance of

Order

December 12, 1997.

MIECO Inc. (MIECO) submitted for

filing a rate schedule under which

MIECO will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions as a

marketer. MIECO also requested waiver

of various Commission regulations. In

particular, MIECO requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by MIECO.

On November 17, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by MIECO should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, MIECO is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of MIECO’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is January

12, 1998. Copies of the full text of the

order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32969 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. OR98–3–000]

OXY USA, Inc. v. Amerada Hess

Pipeline Corporation, ARCO

Transportation Alaska, Inc., BP

Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., Exxon Pipeline

Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline

Company, Phillips Alaska Pipeline

Corporation and Unocal Pipeline

Company; Notice of Complaint

December 12, 1997.

Take notice that on December 9, 1997,

pursuant to the provisions of the

Interstate Commece Act (ICA), 49 U.S.C.

App. §§ 2, 3(1), 6(7), 8, 9, 13(1) and

15(1) and the Rules and Regulations of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 18 CFR 343.2(c)(3),

385.206(a) and 385.207(a), OXY USA,

Inc. (OXY) filed a complaint and

petition for declaratory relief against

Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation,

ARCO Transportation Alaska, Inc., BP

Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., Exxon Pipeline

Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline

Company, Phillips Alaska Pipeline

Corporation, and Unocal Pipeline

Company (collectively the TAPS

Carriers).

OXY states that the TAPS Carriers

have entered into two private

agreements with the State of Alaska, a

payor of TAPS transportation rates,

under which the TAPS Carriers have

agreed to pay rate rebates totaling

$26,500,000.00 to the State and to no

other shipper. The settlements concern

resolution of the electrical, as built and

management remediation case and

resolution of the costs related to certain

public communications and government

relations activities. Also pursuant to the

said agreements, the TAPS Carriers have

the option of making future payments

directly to the State in order to rebate

to the State certain costs included in

rates charged to all shippers.

OXY contends that the two

settlements are in violation of Sections

2, 3(1), and 6(7) of the ICA, 49 U.S.C.

App. §§ 2, 3(1), 6(7), and demands that

it be awarded $923,186 as an equivalent

pro rata rebate comparable to Alaska’s,

in reparation for the period commencing

two years preceding the filing of this

action, adjusted for costs through the

entry of a final order in this case, plus

costs of this action and reasonable

attorneys fees, pursuant to Sections 8, 9

and 13(1) of the ICA, 49 U.S.C. App.

§§ 8, 9 and 13(1). OXY also requests that

the Commission, under Sections 13(1)

and 15(1) of the ICA, 49 U.S.C. App.

§§ 13(1) and 15(1), investigate these

settlements and the practices of the

TAPS Carriers pursuant thereto and that

the Commission declare unlawful those

provisions of the agreements that allow

the TAPS Carriers in the future to make

preferential and discriminatory rate

rebates to the State of Alaska. Further,

should the Commission determine that

illegal rebates have been paid but that

reparations should not be made to OXY,

OXY requests that the Commission

order a general refund of all such illegal

rebates pursuant to Section 15(7) of the

ICA, 49 U.S.C. App. § 15(7).

OXY states that copies of the

complaint were served on each person

the service list attached to the filing.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said complaint should file a

motion to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

procedure. All such motions or protests

should be filed on or before January 8,

1998. Protest 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. Answers

to this complaint shall be due on or

before January 8, 1998.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32976 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–179–006]

Ozark Gas Transmission System;

Notice of Tariff Filing

December 12, 1997.

Take notice that on September 30,

1997, Ozark Gas Transmission System

(Ozark) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, Second Revised Sheet No. 43,

with an effective date of November 1,

1997.

Ozark states that in compliance with

Order No. 587–C, which approved GISB

Standard 4.3.6, and the Commission’s

May 30, 1997 Order granting Ozark an

extension of the time to comply with

Order No. 587–C, this tariff sheet has

been revised to include a reference to

Ozark’s web site. Ozark states that it has