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customers and interested state

commissions.

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 or 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). 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.fer.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31411 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–128–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC

Gas Tariff

December 5, 2000.

Take notice that on November 30,

2000 Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern) tendered for filing to become

part its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

sheets, with an effective date of January

1, 2001:

Fifty-third Revised Sheet No. 14

Seventy-fourth Revised Sheet No. 15

Fifty-third Revised Sheet No. 16

Seventy-fourth Revised Sheet No. 17

Thirty-seventh Revised Sheet No. 18

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 22

Southern states that the proposed

tariff sheets implement the Gas Research

Institute’s (GRI) revised surcharges for

2001. The 2001 GRI Funding Formula

consists of surcharges of (i) .70¢ per Dth

applicable to the commodity/usage

portion of firm service rates and the

interruptible rates and (ii) either 9.0¢

per Dth for high load factor customers

or 5.5¢ per Dth for low load factor

customers on the demand/reservation

component of firm service rates. The

2001 GRI Funding Formula provides for

a surcharge of 1.1¢ per Dth on service

rates for small customers. The

Commission authorized these

surcharges in Docket No. RP00–313–00

to be effective January 1, 2001.

Consistent with the Commission’s order

dated September 19, 2000, Southern has

proposed these tariff sheets to be

effective January 1, 2001.

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 or 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). 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. 00–31434 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–130–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company,

Notice of Settlement Compliance Filing

December 5, 2000.

Take notice that on November 30,

2000, Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern) filed to continue the existing

GSR surcharge of $.0004/Dth to be

effective January 1, 2001 and to report

an overcollection of GSR revenues of

approximately $120,000 during 2000

which will be refundable on March 31,

2001.

Southern asserts that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

commission’s Order issued on

September 29, 1995, which approved

the Stipulation and Agreement

(Settlement) filed by Southern on March

15, 1995 in Docket Nos. RP89–224–012,

et al. In accordance with Article VII of

the Settlement, Southern has made this

filing to recover a GSR volumetric

surcharge based on an estimate of its

2001GSR costs. Southern also indicates,

based on estimated data, a GSR

surcharge refund for GSR

overcollections during 2000 will be

made on March 31, 2001 in the amount

of approximately $120,000.

Southern states that copies of the

filing were served upon Southern’s

customers, intervening parties and

interested state commissions.

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 or 385.211 of the commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed on or before

December 12, 2000. 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). 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. 00–31436 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

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