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Holding Company Act of 1935, as

amended.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33273 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–88–000]

Nautilus Pipeline Company, L.L.C.;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 11,

1997, Nautilus Pipeline Company,

L.L.C. (Nautilus) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1, First Revised Tariff Sheet

No. 196, to become effective January 1,

1998.

Nautilus states that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with Order

636–C issued on February 27, 1997,

whereby the matching term on the rightof-first-refusal to retain existing capacity

was shortened from twenty years to five

years.

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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions and protests must be

filed in accordance with 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33279 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–89–000]

Nautilus Pipeline Company, L.L.C.;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 12,

1997, Nautilus Pipeline Company,

L.L.C. (Nautilus) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original

Volume No. 1, First Revised Tariff Sheet

No. 279 proposed to become effective

January 11, 1998.

Nautilus states that the purpose of

this filing is to change the Form of

Service Agreement for Rate Schedule

IT–1 to reflect interruptible service and

not firm service in the second Whereas

statement.

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, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Sections 385.214

and 385.211 of the Commission’s Rules

and Regulations. All such motions and

protests must be filed in accordance

with 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33280 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP94–38–002]

Ouachita River Gas Storage Company

L.L.C.; Notice of Petition to Amend

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on November 17,

1997, Ouachita River Gas Storage

Company, L.L.C. (Ouachita) 9801

Westheimer, Suite 602, Houston, Texas

77042, filed in Docket No. CP94–38–002

a petition to amend the existing

authorizations issued in Docket Nos.

CP94–38–000 and CP94–38–001,

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act, to expand the working gas

capacity of the South Downsville

Storage Project, all as more fully set

forth in the application which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

On August 1, 1996, the Commission

authorized Ouachita to construct and

operate the South Downsville Storage

Project, an underground gas storage

field with related pipeline and header

facilities in Union and Lincoln Parishes,

Louisiana. The August 1, 1996, order

approved market-based rates for

Ouachita’s storage services but denied

market-based rates for hub services. On

February 26, 1997, the Commission

approved cost-based rates for Ouachita’s

hub services and issued Ouachita a

Subpart G blanket certificate to render

firm and interruptible gas storage

services and interruptible hub

transportation services.

Ouachita states that the project was

originally designed with a working gas

storage capacity of 27 Bcf. Ouachita

explains that as result of additional

analysis, it has determined that the

working capacity of the project can be

efficiently increased. Based on the

results of a recent open season,

Ouachita believes it can subscribe all of

the expanded capacity. Accordingly,

Ouachita proposes to increase the

working gas storage capacity from 27

Bcf to 37.5 Bcf. Ouachita asserts that the

increase will permit it to spread the

fixed costs of the project over more

units of storaged capacity and thereby

decrease the unit cost of storage.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

6, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First St.,

NE, 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 be 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
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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 an original and 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

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 Ouachita to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33267 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–124–000]

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 9, 1997,

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

(Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston,

Texas 77251–1642, filed in Docket No,

CP98–124–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct,

own and operate a new delivery point

to be located in Pittsboro, Hendriks

County Indiana, under Panhandle’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–83–000, 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.

Specifically Panhandle proposes to

install two 8-inch hot taps and check

valves on Panhandle’s mainline

facilities, approximately 1,200 feet of 8-

inch connecting pipe, and install

electronic gas measurement equipment

on the proposed metering facilities.

Panhandle states that the proposed

interconnection will be utilized to

provide transportation service to

Indiana Gas Company (Indiana Gas) for

redelivery to Qualitech Corporation, a

steel plant near Pittsboro, Indiana.

Panhandle states that Indiana Gas will

also construct facilities to accommodate

receipt of the gas from Panhandle. The

estimated cost of the proposed facilities

is approximately $85,000, which

Panhandle states will be reimbursed by

Indiana Gas. Panhandle states that the

new interconnection will be designed to

deliver up to 36,000 Dt/d of natural gas.

Panhandle states that the construction

of the proposed facilities will have no

effect on its peak day and annual

delivery requirement, and that

Panhandle has sufficient capacity to

accomplish deliveries without

detriment or disadvantage to its 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. 97–33272 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–87–000]

Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 11,

1997, Shell Gas Pipeline Company

(SGPC) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1,

First Revised Tariff Sheet Nos. 101 and

102 to become effective November 1,

1997.

SGPC states that the purpose of this

filing is to comply with Order 636–C

issued on February 27, 1997, whereby

the matching term on the right-of-firstrefusal to retain existing capacity was

shortened from twenty years to five

years.

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 Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions and protests must be

filed in accordance with 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33278 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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