12826 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 52 / Tuesday, March 18, 1997 / Notices

WTI states it is holding a 30 day nondiscriminatory ‘‘open season’’ to assure

that each and every potential shipper of

residue gas at the Rodman plant is

apprised of this acquisition from

Williams and upcoming open access

operation of the Rodman (Enid) 16-inch

pipeline. This form of public notice

announces this open season process,

which commences on the date of its

issuance.

WTI states it does not expect

oversubscription from this open season,

but would allocate firm capacity, in the

event of oversubscription, based on the

net present value procedure common for

interstate pipeline open seasons.

Specifically, subscriptions for firm

capacity will be required to state both

the transportation rate the shipper is

willing to pay (up to the maximum

reservation rate as stated in Exhibit P to

the application) and the term of service

sought. WTI states there should that be

any oversubscription, WTI will then

rank all prospective firm shippers in

order of the highest net present value to

WTI; that is, the bid price and term of

each subscription will be multiplied to

give the total projected revenues per

unit of capacity, which in turn will be

discounted to the present under

standard DCF methodology.

Any prospective shipper interested in

subscribing for service should contact

the following WTI representative for a

subscription form: Timothy P. Balaski,

Warren Transportation, Inc., 1000

Louisiana, Suite 5800, Houston, Texas

77002, (713) 507–6523 (telephone),

(713) 507–6515 (telefax).

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before March

27, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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

385.211 and 385.214) 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 in any proceeding

herein 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

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 permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are 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 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 WTI to appear or to be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6771 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–272–000]

Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

March 12, 1997.

Take notice that on February 27, 1997,

Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG),

P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101,

filed in Docket No. CP97–272–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for

authorization to abandon certain lateral

pipeline facilities, meters and associated

equipment, all located in Washington

County, Oklahoma, under WNG’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–479–000 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.

WNG proposes to abandon by sale to

Western Resources, Inc. (WRI)

approximately 2.4 miles of its 6-inch

Dewey lateral pipeline, domestic

meters, other equipment and related

service. It is stated that the facilities

were installed in 1974 at a cost of

$271,571 and that the facilities have a

salvage value of $10 and that the cost to

reclaim them is $1,572. It is asserted

that the customers served through these

facilities have agreed to the

abandonment and would continue to

receive service from WRI. It is explained

that the sale would enable WRI to

expand its local distribution system. It

is further asserted that WNG has

sufficient capacity to render its services

following the proposed abandonment

without detriment or disadvantage to its

other existing customers and that its

tariff does not prohibit such a change.

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. 97–6770 Filed 3–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project Nos. 459–086, et al.]

Hydroelectric Applications [Union

Electric Company, et al.]; Notice of

Applications

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric applications have been

filed with the Commission and are

available for public inspection:

1a. Type of Application: Amendment

of Recreation Plan.

b. Project No.: 459–086.

c. Date Filed: November 21, 1996.

d. Applicant: Union Electric

Company.

e. Name of Project: Osage Project.

f. Location: Bagnell Dam is on Lake of

The Ozarks in Benton County, Missouri.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant contact: Dan Jarvis,

Route 3, Box 234, Eldon, MO 65026,

(573) 365–9322.

i. FERC contact: John K. Hannula,

(202) 219–0116.

j. Comment date: April 14, 1997.

k. Description of the Application:

Union Electric Company proposes to

end its Tour-of-the-Dam program and

replace it with an Educational and

Historical Information Facility at

Willmore Lodge located near the dam.

The new educational facility would

contain a multimedia interactive display

that would provide historical

information about Bagnell Dam and

educate the public about the benefits of

hydropower.

This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.