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and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

Howard/Avista, compatible with the

public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Howard/Avista’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liabilities * * *.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is January

14, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33836 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–242–000]

North American Energy, Inc., Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 22, 1997.

North American Energy, Inc. (North

American) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which North American

will engage in wholesale electric power

and energy transactions as a marketer.

North American also requested waiver

of various Commission regulations. In

particular, North American requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by North

American.

On December 10, 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 North American should file

a motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., 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, North American is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, endorser, 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 North American’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

9, 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33837 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–132–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

December 22, 1997.

Take notice that on December 15,

1998, Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), filed in Docket No. CP98–

132–000 an application, pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for

a certificate of public convenience and

necessity authorizing it to construct and

operate approximately 9.6 miles of 30-

inch pipeline and appurtenances,

located in Steele and Rice Counties,

Minnesota, in order to provide

increased natural gas deliveries to Koch

Energy Services (Koch), all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Northern states that the expanded

capacity will be used to provide

incremental firm transportation service

requested in its recent open season by

Koch for use at its Rosemount Refinery.

Northern proposes to construct and

operate the proposed facilities which

will provide additional peak day

capacity in its operational Zone EF by

approximately 40,000 Mcf of natural gas

per day. Northern states that its

application is supported by a precedent

agreement with Koch covering firm

transportation services subscribing the

full capacity of the proposed facilities.

Northern estimates the cost of the

proposed facilities to be approximately

$9.4 million which it anticipates to

finance with internally generated funds.

Northern requests approval for rolledin rate treatment of the expansion costs

of the proposed facilities. Northern

states that the rate impact to Northern’s

existing shippers meets the threshold

applied by the Commission for a

presumption in favor of rolled-in rates

and the proposed facilities are integral

to Northern’s existing transmission

system.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

12, 1998, 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

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

taken but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

The Commission’s rules require that

protestors provide copies of their

protests to the party or parties directly

involved. 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.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by every one of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing
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list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

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, 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 Northern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33834 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–136–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Application

December 22, 1997.

Take notice that on December 16,

1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396,

Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket

No. CP98–136–000 a request pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for

approval to abandon a firm

transportation service provided for

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

(BG&E) under Transco’s Rate Schedule

FT, all as more fully set forth in the

request which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Transco states that it currently

delivers 3,881 Dekatherms of natural gas

to BG&E on a firm basis pursuant to

Transco’s blanket certificate authorized

under Part 284(G) of the Commission’s

Regulations. Transco asserts that it seeks

abandonment authorization for the

service described above because the

subject FT service for BG&E was

previously converted from firm sales

service to firm transportation service

under Transco’s Rate Schedule FT

pursuant to Transco’s revised

Stipulation and Agreement in Docket

Nos. RP88–68, et al., and that settlement

provides that pre-granted abandonment

shall not apply to such conversions. It

is indicated that by letter dated July 17,

1997, BG&E provided notice to Transco

that BG&E was electing to terminate the

service agreement effective as of the end

of the primary term of the agreement,

February 2, 1998. It is further asserted

that one shipper, The Municipal Gas

Authority of Georgia, submitted a

binding nomination for all of such

capacity for a primary term of 25 years

in an open season that extended from

October 21 through November 20, 1997.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

5, 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 (19 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 application is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition 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 Transco to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33835 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP98–131–000, CP98–133–

000, CP98–134–000, and CP98–135–000]

Vector Pipeline L.P.; Notice of

Applications for Certificates of Public

Convenience and Necessity, and for a

Presidential Permit and Section 3

Authorization

December 22, 1997.

Take notice that on December 15,

1997, Vector Pipeline L.P. (Vector), 2900

421–7th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta,

Canada T2P 4K9, filed applications

pursuant to Sections 3 and 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA). In Docket No.

CP98–131–000, Vector seeks a

Presidential Permit and Section 3

authorization pursuant to Part 153 of the

Commission’s Regulations. In Docket

No. CP98–133–000, Vector seeks a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity to construct and operate

natural gas pipeline facilities under Part

157, Subpart E of the Commission’s

Regulations. In Docket No. CP98–134–

000, Vector seeks a blanket certificate

pursuant to 18 CFR Part 284, Subpart G

of the Commission’s Regulations for

self-implementing transportation

authority. Finally, in Docket No. CP98–

135–000, Vector seeks a blanket

certificate for certain blanket

construction and operation

authorization under 18 CFR Part 157,

Subpart F of the Commission’s

Regulations. Vector’s proposal is more

fully set forth in the applications which

are on file with the Commission and

open to public inspection.

Vector is a limited partnership

organized under the laws of the State of

Delaware. The managing general partner

is Vector Pipeline Inc. At present, the

only limited partner of Vector is IPL

Vector (USA). Vector states that other

entities are considering joining the

partnership and that vector will

supplement its application if this

occurs.