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net book value of all three of these

stations is $21,856.42. Granite State

declares that Northern Utilities has

consented to the proposed

abandonments and also will continue to

serve all customers located behind the

three stations proposed to be

abandoned.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to George

Simmons, Director, Regulatory Affairs,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.,

300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough,

Massachusetts 01581, phone: (508) 836–

7265.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instance 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protest is filed and not withdrawn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. Beginning

November 1, 2000, comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27087 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP99–220–005]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Negotiated Rate

Agreement

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 11, 2000,

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) filed for

disclosure, a transportation service

agreement pursuant to Great Lakes’ Rate

Schedule FT entered into by Great Lakes

and Midland Cogeneration Venture

Limited Partnership (MCV) (FT Service

Agreement). The FT Service Agreement

being filed reflects a negotiated rate

arrangement between Great Lakes and

MCV commencing November 1, 2000.

Great Lakes states that the FT Service

Agreement is being filed to implement

a negotiated rate contract as required by

both Great Lakes’ negotiated rate tariff

provisions and the Commission’s

Statement of Policy on Alternatives to

Traditional Cost-of-Service Ratemaking

for Natural Gas Pipelines and

Regulation of Negotiated Transportation

Services of Natural Gas Pipelines,

issued January 31, 1996, at Docket Nos.

RM95–6–000 and RM96–7–000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a 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 or 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 proceedings. 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. This filing may

be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27095 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–6–000]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 6, 2000,

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf

South) and Koch Gateway Pipeline

Company (Koch) (Applicants), both

located at 20 East Greenway Plaza,

Houston, Texas, 77046, filed in the

above docket, an application pursuant

to Section 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act to permit Koch, as a result of

its change in corporate form from a

corporation to a limited partnership, to

abandon its jurisdictional assets and

services and Gulf South to acquire these

same jurisdictional assets and services,

all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection. The

application may be viewed on the web

at http://www.ferc/fed.us/online/

rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance.

Koch states that as a result of this

conversion, its corporate name will

change to Gulf South, but the same

corporate legal entity will continue to

own and operate Koch’s facilities

pursuant to the same rates, terms and

conditions previously approved by the

Commission. The Applicants state that

the authorizations requested in the

application are required by the present

and future public convenience and

necessity and will not adversely affect

Koch’s customers or the services they

receive on the pipeline as all rates and

services will remain unchanged. The

Applicants state that they request the

Commission to grant the requested

amendment to Koch’s existing

certificate of public convenience and

necessity on an expedited basis, no later

than November 15, 2000 which will be

the first day of operation after the

jurisdictional assets are conveyed to

Gulf South. It is stated that any

questions regarding the application

should be directed to Michael E.

McMahon, Senior Vice President and

General Counsel, Koch Gateway

Pipeline Company, 20 East Greenway

Plaza, Houston, Texas, 77046 at (713)

544–4796.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

Application should on or before October

27, 2000, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 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.

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