7764 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices

Original Sheet No. 361

Original Sheet No. 361A

Original Sheet No. 362

NGT states that the filing revises the

capacity release provisions of NGT’s

FERC Gas Tariff to provide for a Form

of Master Capacity Release Service

Agreement (MCRSA) and Addendum to

be executed by replacement Shippers.

Currently, a replacement Shipper must

execute a Service Agreement under the

appropriate Rate Schedule for each

individual release.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this 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 214

and 211 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214, 385.211). All such motions or

protests should be filed as provided in

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. 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 in the

Public Reference Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4133 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–237–000]

Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company

and Southwest Gas Storage Company;

Notice of Application

February 13, 1997.

Take notice that on February 7, 1997,

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

(Panhandle) and Southwest Gas Storage

Company (Southwest), both located at

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1642, filed in Docket No. CP97–237–000

an application, pursuant to Sections 7(b)

and (c) of the Natural Gas Act,

authorizing (1) Panhandle to abandon

its Howell (Michigan), Waverly Illinois),

and North Hopeton (Oklahoma) storage

fields, including all cushion gas and

appurtenant facilities, along with the

cushion gas supplied by Panhandle to

Southwest’s Borchers North (Kansas)

Storage Field, by transfer to Southwest;

(2) Panhandle to abandon the lease of

cushion gas to Southwest under Rate

Schedule LS–1; (3) Southwest to acquire

and operate all of Panhandle’s storage

field assets; and (4) Southwest to

abandon storage service provided to

Panhandle under Rate Schedule S–1, all

as more fully set forth in the

application, which is on file with the

Commission and open for public

inspection.

It is indicated that Southwest is a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Panhandle.

It is also indicated that Panhandle will

transfer the assets at net book value.

Also, it is stated that Southwest would

provide 35 Bcf of storage service to

Panhandle under Rate Schedule FSS in

Panhandle’s field zone from the North

Hopeton and Borchers North Storage

Fields. It is indicated that Southwest

would also provide 21.4 Bcf of storage

service to Panhandle in Panhandle’s

market zone from the Waverly and

Howell Storage fields. Panhandle states

that it would in turn continue to

provide unbundled, open-access storage

and transportation to its customers

using storage capacity provided by

Southwest and third parties.

Southwest states that the existing

injection and withdrawal profiles in its

tariff are based on the performance of its

single storage field, Borchers North

Storage Field. It is indicated that, with

the addition of the three storage fields,

Southwest must modify the injection

and withdrawal profiles by combining

the Borchers North and North Hopeton

areas as the West Area Storage Facilities

and the Waverly and Howell storage

fields as the East Area Storage Facilities.

Southwest also proposes to modify its

Rate Schedule FSS to reflect the

addition of the East Area Storage

facilities and a new delivery point for

West Area Storage Facilities and to

make minor modifications to Rate

Schedules FSS and ISS. Southwest also

proposes to institute a fuel tracker

mechanism within Rate Schedules FSS

and ISS to allow Southwest to track

projected fuel requirements against

actual fuel usage from the combined

storage fields, with bi-annual

adjustments to the fuel reimbursement

rate at April 1 and November 1 of each

year to coincide with the beginning of

the injection and withdrawal periods,

respectively.

It is stated that the Commission’s

approval of the abandonment and

certificate authorization would permit

Panhandle to further streamline its

business operations in conjunction with

the industry’s restructuring under Order

No. 636 and allow all of Panhandle’s

storage facilities to be owned by a

single, non-jurisdictional company.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before March

6, 1997, 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.

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.

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 and permission and approval

for the proposed abandonment are

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 Panhandle or

Southwest to appear or be represented

at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4126 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–185–002]

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

February 13, 1997.

Take notice that on February 10, 1997,

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

(Panhandle) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on

Appendix A attached to the filing,

proposed to be effective January 9, 1997.

Panhandle asserts that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s order issued January 9,

1997 in docket No. RP97–185–000, 78

FERC ¶ 61,011 (1997).

Panhandle states that this compliance

filing (1) deletes the indemnification

clause in the exhibits to the negotiated