11166 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

1996 settlement in Docket No. RP95–

408, et al. and the Collection Rates are

applicable to customers not wanting to

be subject to the surcharge conditions

associated with the Settlement Rate.

This filing comprises Columbia’s

annual filing pursuant to Section 36.2 of

the General Terms and Conditions

(GTC) of its Tariff. GTC Section 36,

‘‘Transportation Costs Rate Adjustment

(TCRA)’’, enables Columbia to adjust its

TCRA rates prospectively to reflect

estimated current costs and unrecovered

amounts for the deferral period. The

TCRA rates consist of a current TCRA

rate, reflecting an estimate of costs for

a prospective 12-month period

beginning April 1, 1997, and a TCRA

surcharge rate which is a true-up for

actual activity within the deferral period

of the 12-months ended December 31,

1996.

Columbia is also revising GTC Section

36 to eliminate references to costs

which are no longer applicable to the

TCRA mechanism effective April 1,

1997.

The TCRA rates set forth on Appendix

A, Sheet 1, attached to the filing,

include projected costs, in the amount

of $16,072,586, for the Operational

Account No. 858 contracts. This level of

costs is based upon the rates of the

applicable pipeline companies at April

1, 1997, and the respective determinants

associated with these contracts.

The TCRA surcharge calculations

reconcile actual activity for the deferral

period, which is comprised of calendar

year 1996. The TCRA Surcharge Rates

set forth on Appendix B Schedule 1,

attached to the filing, reflect a net

under-recovery of $1,221,822.

Columbia proposes to collect on an

as-billed basis an under-recovery of

$756,992 in demand costs and $464,830

in commodity costs applicable to its

Operational Account No. 186 deferral

period of January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996.

The demand determinants reflected in

the filing are those projected to be in

effect at April 1, 1997. Throughput

levels for Rates Schedules FTS, SST,

OPT, GTS and ITS are from Columbia’s

Settlement filed on November 22, 1996

in Docket No. RP95–408.

Columbia states that copies of this

filing have been served upon all of its

firm customers, and interested State

Commissions. Moreover, all

interruptible customers having

submitted a standing request for such

filings were also served.

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 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

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. 97–5948 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. TM97–2–70–000]

Columbia Gulf Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 28, 1997,

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company

(Columbia Gulf) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

tariff sheets, to become effective April 1,

1997:

1st Rev Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 018

1st Rev Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 019

Columbia Gulf states that this filing

represents Columbia Gulf’s annual filing

pursuant to Section 33, ‘‘Transportation

Retainage Adjustment (TRA)’’, of the

General Terms and Conditions of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1. Columbia Gulf states that

it currently has retainage factors for

each of its three zones. Each factor

consists of a current and an unrecovered

component for company-use, lost, and

unaccounted for quantities. In this

filing, Columbia Gulf is adjusting the

current component of each retainage

factor to reflect a change in the estimate

for company-use, lost, and unaccounted

for quantities.

The deferral period for this filing is

the twelve-month period of January 1,

1996, through December 31, 1996.

Columbia Gulf states that Appendix A

to the filing sets forth Columbia Gulf’s

actual experience during the deferral

period. As reflected therein, Columbia

Gulf was in a net under-recovery

position as of December 31, 1996.

Consequently, in this filing Columbia

Gulf is implementing an unrecovered

surcharge component for each of the

retainage factors to increase future

quantities to be retained.

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 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 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. 97–5932 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–256–000]

K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited

Liability Company; Notice of Request

Under Blanket Authorization

March 5, 1997.

Take notice that on February 20, 1997,

K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited

Liability Company (K N Wattenberg),

P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, CO 80228,

filed in Docket No. CP97–256–000, a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205,

157.208 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.208 and 157.211). K N Wattenberg

requests authorization to install a new

delivery lateral along with receipt point

facilities and two delivery points in

Morgan County, CO to provide

transportation service for two end user

shippers, under K N Wattenberg’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP92–203–000, pursuant to 18 CFR Part

157, Subpart F of the Natural Gas Act,

all as more fully set forth in the request

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, K N Wattenberg proposes

to install approximately 4 miles of 6-

inch pipe, 1 mile of 4-inch pipe,

interconnect facilities at the upstream

end of the proposed lateral with the

existing pipeline facilities of Colorado

Interstate Gas Company in Morgan

County, CO, and measurement and

control facilities at two delivery points.

K N Wattenberg states that these

proposed facilities would provide