1742 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 1997 / Notices

1Field Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

PanEnergy Corp. and owns gathering and

processing assets in the states of Alabama,

Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

2Trunkline has filed a related abandonment

application in Docket No. CP97–173–000.

Commission issued the NDEA on

December 19, 1996, comments are due

by January 21, 1997.

In a letter dated January 2, 1997,

Friends of the River, American

Whitewater Affiliation, California

Outdoors, and Foothill Conservancy

(Intervenors) requested an extension of

time to comment on the DEA until

March 19, 1997. Intervenors state that

they received copies of the DEA

between December 31, 1996 and January

2, 1997, providing just over two weeks

to file comments.

Further, Intervenors state that

additional time is needed to review the

DEA because: (1) many complex issues

were raised in its comments on the

Notice Ready for Environmental

Analysis; (2) the proceeding began 24

years ago and the pertinent record is

voluminous; and (3) recent

developments regarding the operations

of other facilities on the Mokelumne

River, which may not be fully

considered in the DEA, but which need

to be integrated into the cumulative

impact analysis.

Because the pertinent record is

voluminous, and because the DEA

wasn’t received until the end of

December 1996 or the beginning of

January 1997, the date to file comments

is extended until February 21, 1997. If

you have any questions about this

matter, please call Tom Dean at (202)

219–2778.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–762 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–174–000]

PanEnergy Field Services, Inc.; Notice

of Petition for Declaratory Order

January 8, 1997.

Take notice that on December 30,

1996, PanEnergy Field Services, Inc.

(Field Services),1 370 Seventeenth

Street, Suite 900, Denver, Colorado

80202, filed in Docket No. CP97–174–

000 a petition pursuant to Section 16 of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Rule

207(a)(2) of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207(a)(2)), for the declaratory order

disclaiming Commission jurisdiction

over certain facilities located upstream

of its LaGloria Processing Plant in

Hildago, Brooks, and Jim Wells

Counties, Texas (South Texas Facilities)

to be acquired from Trunkline Gas

Company (Trunkline),2 an affiliate, and

the services provided through them, all

as more fully set forth in the petition

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, Field Services seeks a

declaratory order from the Commission

finding that:

(1) Upon transfer from Trunkline to

Field Services, the South Texas

Facilities described in Section VI and

Attachment B to its petition, are

facilities used for the gathering of

natural gas and therefore exempt from

the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant

to Section 1(b) of the NGA;

(2) Field Services would not be a

‘‘natural-gas company’’ pursuant to

Section 2(6) of the NGA by virtue of its

proposed acquisition, ownership, and

operation of the facilities;

(3) The gathering services that Field

Services seeks to perform as described

in Section VI and Attachment B to its

petition would be exempt from the

Commissions jurisdiction under Section

1(b) of the NGA; and

(4) Field Services’ rates and charges

for gathering services would not be

subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction

pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 of the

NGA.

Field Services states that upon

transfer of the facilities from Trunkline

to Field Services, Field Services would

provide gathering services on an open

access, non-discriminatory basis and

would not become an ‘‘affiliated

marketer’’ as defined by the

Commission in its rules. Field Services

also states that the South Texas

Facilities would be transferred at their

net book value.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

petition should on or before January 29,

1997, 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

384.214 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–761 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–224–000]

Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

January 8, 1997.

Take notice that on January 3, 1997,

Sea Robin Pipeline Company (Sea

Robin) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1, the pro forma revised

tariff sheets set forth on Appendix A to

the filing in compliance with the

Commission’s Order No. 587 to become

effective June 1, 1997.

On July 17, 1996, the Commission

issued Order No. 587 in Docket No.

RM96–1–000 which revised the

Commission’s regulations governing

interstate natural gas pipelines to

require such pipelines to follow certain

standardized business practices issued

by the Gas Industry Standards Board

(GISB) and adopted by the Commission

in said Order (18 CFR 284.10(b)). The

standards govern certain aspects of the

following practices of natural gas

pipelines: nominations, allocations,

balancing, measurement, invoicing, and

capacity release. The revisions shown

on the Tariff Sheets filed herewith

reflect Sea Robin’s compliance filing to

conform with the GISB standards. The

order required Sea Robin to submit its

compliance filing for implementation of

the approved standards by June 1, 1997.

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 Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

Sections 385.211 and 385.214). All such

motions and protests must be filed on or

before January 24, 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.

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