6234 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3301 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER97–1412–000]

Niobrara Valley Electric Membership

Corporation; Notice of Filing

February 5, 1997.

Take notice that on January 28, 1997,

Niobrara Valley Electric Membership

Corporation (Niobrara) tendered for

filing as a rate schedule an executed

Agreement with Nebraska Public Power

District (NPPD) entitled ‘‘Agreement for

Joint Planning and Ownership of

Subtransmission Facilities’’ dated

January 22, 1979, as amended. Niobrara

explains that the filing is made pursuant

to Ordering Paragraph (F) of the

Commission’s Order of October 30, 1996

in Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. et

al., Docket Nos. OA96–41–000 et al.

The filing states that the Agreement

with NPPD is the sole document in

Niobrara’s possession or control that

establishes a basis for the use of its

subtransmission facilities. Niobrara

states that it has, through agreements

with NPPD, turned over responsibility

for operational control of its facilities to

NPPD, the control area operator. Any

charges for the use of Niobrara’s

facilities are said to be developed by

NPPD and are part of the overall rates

that NPPD charges for its sale and

transmission facilities.

Niobrara’s filing indicates that, under

the Agreement, each party pays for

service on its facilities on the basis of a

formula which compares each party’s

proportion of the total investment to its

proportion of the noncoincidental peak

load. As of the date of the filing,

according to Niobrara, it is deemed the

deficient party and makes a monthly

payment to NPPD. Niobrara states that

it receives no revenues for use of the

facilities, directly or indirectly.

Niobrara’s filing also notes that it has

filed a motion for reconsideration of the

Commission’s Order determining that it

is performing jurisdictional

transmission service.

Niobrara seeks a waiver of the

requirement for filing supporting data,

required to accompany a rate schedule

filing, citing its small size and small

administrative staff. Noting that the

Agreement has been in force for 18 years

and is the basis for continued service to

its retail customers, Niobrara has also

sought a waiver of the notice

requirements in the Commission’s

Regulations and an immediate effective

date for the Agreement.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing 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 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

February 14, 1997. Protests 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3291 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–208–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

February 5, 1997.

Take notice that on January 27, 1997,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed in

Docket No. CP97–208–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216)

for authorization to operate an upgrade

to an existing delivery point in

Washington County, Minnesota, under

Northern’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–401–000 pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Northern states that due to extreme

winter weather conditions and fear of

facility failure, the Hasting #1C TBS was

upgraded pursuant to the emergency

provisions of Part 284 Subpart I of the

Commission’s Regulations (emergency

regulations) to accommodate emergency

natural gas deliveries for Minnegasco, a

Division of NorAm Energy Corp.

(Minnegasco). This upgrading assured

the protection of 2,310 residential and

commercial customers served by this

station. On January 16, 1997,

Minnegasco filed its 48-hour report as

required by Section 284.270(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations. The

upgrading included the replacement of

the existing meter and appurtenant

facilities (e.g., meter run and piping)

with larger facilities. The facilities

constructed under the emergency

regulations and costing $32,000 will be

paid for by Minnegasco in accordance

with Section 284.264(a)(6)(ii) of the

Commission’s Regulations. Northern

states that service is being provided to

Minnegasco pursuant to currently

effective throughput service

agreement(s). Northern’s proposed

accounting entries will reflect the

retirement of the meter and appurtenant

facilities associated with the upgrade

facilities.

Northern states that the total volumes

to be delivered to Minnegasco after the

request do not exceed the total volumes

authorized prior to the request.

Northern states that the proposed

activity is not prohibited by its existing

tariff and that it has sufficient capacity

to accommodate the upgraded facilities

without detriment or disadvantage to

Northern’s other customers.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

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

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

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 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 Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3288 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–247–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

February 5, 1997.

Take notice that on January 31, 1997,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), tendered for filing to become

part of Northern’s FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

tariff sheets proposed to become

effective on April 1, 1997:

Second Revised Sheet No. 257