[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-759]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP97-168-000, CP97-169-000, CP97-177-000, and CP97-178-
000]


Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Applications

January 8, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 24, 1996, Alliance Pipeline L.P. 
(Alliance), 190 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 3174, Chicago, Illinois 60603-
3441, filed in Docket Nos. CP97-168-000, CP97-169-000, CP97-177-000, 
and CP97-178-000 applications pursuant to section 7(c) and section 3 of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and parts 284 and 157 of the Commission's 
regulations for: a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
pursuant to the Commission's optional certificate procedures to 
construct, own, operate, and maintain natural gas pipeline facilities; 
authorization pursuant to section 3 of the NGA and a Presidential 
Permit for the siting, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
certain facilities for the importation of natural gas; a blanket 
certificate authorizing open-access firm and interruptible 
transportation; and blanket certificate authorization to engage in 
certain routine activities, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    As part of a coordinated pipeline project designed to transport 
1.325 Bcf per day of natural gas from Alberta/British Columbia 
production areas in Canada to the midwestern United States, Alliance 
proposes to construct the United States portion of the pipeline 
facilities. Upon acceptance of the requested certification, Alliance 
will be a natural gas company subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
    In Docket No. CP97-168-000, Alliance requests authorization to 
construct, own, operate, and maintain 886.6 miles of 36-inch diameter 
pipeline originating at a point of interconnection with the Canadian 
portion of the coordinated project at the North Dakota/Saskatchewan 
border near Sherwood, Renville County, North Dakota. The proposed 
pipeline facilities would extend through North Dakota, Minnesota, and 
Iowa to a terminus in Will County, Illinois. Alliance also proposes to 
construct seven compressor stations located in: McHenry and Barnes 
Counties, North Dakota; Richland, Renville, and Freeborn Counties, 
Minnesota; Delaware County, Iowa, and Whiteside County, Illinois. The 
project cost is estimated to be about $1.3 billion. Alliance further 
requests pregranted abandonment of the proposed facilities, consistent 
with section 157.103(f) of the Commission's regulations.
    In addition, Alliance states that a related gas processing plant is 
proposed to be constructed and operated by a non-jurisdictional 
affiliate, Aux Sable Liquid Products LP, in Grundy County, Illinois.
    Alliance requests a Preliminary Determination on non-environmental 
issues by May 1, 1997, and a final order granting certificate authority 
on or before March 1, 1998, so that the proposed facilities can be 
placed in service by late 1999.
    In Docket No. CP97-169-000, Alliance submitted an application 
pursuant to section 3 of the NGA, part 153 of the Commission's 
regulations, and Executive Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 
12038, and the Secretary of Energy's Delegation Order No. 0204-112, for 
section 3 authorization and a Presidential Permit to construct, 
operate, and maintain certain facilities for the importation of natural 
gas to be located at the international border between the United States 
of America and Canada near Sherwood, Renville County, North Dakota.
    In Docket No. CP97-177-000, Alliance requests a blanket certificate 
under Part 284, Subpart G of the Commission's regulations. Alliance 
filed a pro forma tariff that offers firm and interruptible 
transportation with flexible delivery points. Alliance offers two rate 
options for firm transportation, negotiated or recourse rates. Shippers 
who choose negotiated rates would agree not to contest certain elements 
of the cost of service, and Alliance would agree not to change those 
elements for the length of the primary term and any extension under 
firm service agreements. Shippers who choose recourse rates would pay 
the rates ultimately approved by the Commission.
    The Docket No. CP97-178-000, Alliance requests a blanket 
certificate authorizing construction operation, and abandonment of 
certain facilities under Part 157, Subpart F of the Commission's 
regulations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 29, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE, 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 385.214 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.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 3, 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 a grant of the certificate is 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 a 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 Alliance to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-759 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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