11170 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by South Jersey.

On February 28, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by South Jersey 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 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, South Jersey is authorized

to issue securities and assume

obligations or liabilities as a guarantor,

endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect

of any security of another person;

provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of South Jersey’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is March

31, 1997. Copies of the full text of the

order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C.

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5991 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–271–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 27, 1997,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham,

Alabama 35202–2563, filed in Docket

No. CP97–271–000 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

and operate a new delivery point for

service to Kimberly-Clark Corporation

(Kimberly-Clark) under Southern’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–406–000 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.

Southern proposes to construct and

operate certain measurement and other

appurtenant facilities in order to

provide transportation service to

Kimberly-Clark at approximately Mile

Post 493.384 on Southern’s South Main

Lines in Aiken County, South Carolina.

The estimated cost of the construction

and installation of the facilities is

approximately $262,350. KimberlyClark will reimburse Southern for the

cost of constructing and installing the

proposed facilities.

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 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. 97–5938 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–259–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of GSR Cost Recovery Filing

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

with the proposed effective date of April

1, 1997.

Tariff Sheets Applicable to Contesting Parties

Twenty-Second Revised Sheet No. 14

Forty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 15

Twenty-Second Revised Sheet No. 16

Forty-Fourth Revised Sheet No. 17

Twenty-Fifth Revised Sheet No. 18

Twenty-Ninth Revised Sheet No. 29

Tariff Sheets Applicable to Supporting

Parties

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 14a

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 15a

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 16a

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 17a

Southern sets forth in the filing its

revised demand surcharges and revised

interruptible rates that will be charged

in connection with its recovery of GSR

costs associated with the payment of

price differential costs under

unrealigned gas supply contracts as well

as sales function costs during the period

November 1, 1996 through January 31,

1997. These GSR costs have arisen as a

direct result of customers’ elections

during restructuring to terminate their

sales entitlements under Order No. 636.

Southern states that copies of the

filing were served upon Southern’s

customers and interested state

commissions.

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,

Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance

with Sections 385.214 and 385.211 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. All such motions or protests

should 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 Southern’s filing

are on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5947 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–270–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation, Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

tariff sheets with a proposed effective

date of April 1, 1997:

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 145

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 146

Fourth Revised Sheet Nos. 147–155

Texas Eastern states that the filing is

submitted pursuant to Section 15.2(G),
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Transition Cost Tracker, of the General

Terms and Conditions of Texas

Eastern’s FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised

Volume No. 1, and as a limited

application pursuant to Section 4 of the

Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 717c

(1988), and the Rules and Regulations of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission promulgated thereunder.

Texas Eastern states that the purpose

of the filing is to continue its recovery

of Order No. 636 transition costs

incurred by upstream pipelines and

flowed through to Texas Eastern as

approved by the Commission by order

dated March 19, 1996 in Docket No.

RP96–156–000, Texas Eastern’s last

filing to recover upstream transition

cost. Texas Eastern states that this filing

covers approximately $2.1 million of

upstream transition costs for the period

January 1, 1996 through December 31,

1996, which is a reduction of

approximately 34% from the last filing.

Texas Eastern states that copies of the

filing were served on all firm customers

of Texas Eastern and applicable state

commissions.

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, 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 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5930 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. MT97–5–000]

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation,

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997,

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

(Texas Gas) tendered for filing, as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheet, with an effective date of

April 1, 1997:

Third Revised Sheet No. 234

Texas Gas states that the proposed

tariff sheet is being filed to reflect

changes in Section 36 ‘‘List of Shared

Operating Personnel and Facilities’’ of

the General Terms and Conditions

regarding limited office space being

shared with TXG Gas Marketing, a

marketing affiliate.

Texas Gas states that copies of the

filing have been served upon Texas

Gas’s jurisdictional customers and

interested state commissions.

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, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.211 and 385.214 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 proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party to the proceeding 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. 97–5939 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–54–002]

Trailblazer Pipeline Company, Notice

of Compliance Filing

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997,

Trailblazer Pipeline Company

(Trailblazer) tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised

Volume No. 1, certain tariff sheets listed

in Appendix A to the filing, to be

effective May 1, 1997.

Trailblazer states that the purpose of

the filing is to: (1) reflect changes in its

tariff to conform to the standards

adopted by the Gas Industry Standards

Board and incorporated into the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’

(Commission) Regulations by Order

Nos. 587 and 587–B; and (2) comply

with the Commission’s Order issued

December 26, 1996, in Docket No.

RP97–54–000.

Trailblazer states that copies of the

filing are being mailed to its

jurisdictional customers, all parties set

out on the official service list at Docket

No. RP97–54–000, and interested state

regulatory agencies.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before March 21, 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. 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. 97–5946 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. TM97–8–29–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing certain revised tariff sheets to its

FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume

No. 1 which tariff sheets are enumerated

in Appendix A attached to the filing.

The tariff sheets are proposed to be

effective April 1, 1997.

Transco states that the instant filing is

submitted pursuant to Section 41 of the

General Terms and Conditions of

Transco’s FERC Gas Tariff which

provides that Transco will file to reflect

net changes in the Transmission Electric

Power (TEP) rates 30 days prior to each

TEP Annual Period beginning April 1.

Transco states that Attached in

Appendix B are workpapers supporting

the derivation of the revised TEP rates

reflected on the tariff sheets included

therein.

Transco also states that the TEP rates

are designed to recover Transco’s

transmission electric power costs for its

electric compressor stations (Stations

100, 120, 145, and 205). The costs

underlying the revised TEP rates consist

of two components—the Estimated TEP

Costs for the period April 1, 1997

through March 31, 1998 plus the

balance in the TEP Deferred Account

including accumulated interest as of

January 31, 1997. Appendix C contains

schedules detailing the Estimated TEP

Costs for the period April 1, 1997

through March 31, 1998 and Appendix

D contains workpapers supporting the