1880 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 14, 1997 / Notices

311 of the Federal Power Act, as amended

(49 Stat. 838; 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–825 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. CP96–178–000, CP96–178–

002, CP96–248–000, CP96–248–003, CP96–

249–000, and CP96–249–003]

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.

and Portland Natural Gas

Transmission System; Notice of

Meeting

January 9, 1997.

On January 17, 1997, the Commission

staff will meet with Maritimes &

Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes)

and Portland Natural Gas Transmission

System (PNGTS). The meeting is in

response to Maritimes’ and PNGTS’s

Joint Request, filed January 3, 1997, for

a pre-filing conference to discuss a joint

application proposed to be filed by

January 27, 1997. The proposed filing

concerns a 30-inch diameter pipeline

from Westbrook, Maine to Dracut,

Massachusetts that will be jointly

owned by Maritimes and PNGTS. In

addition, other environmental and

scheduling issues will be discussed. The

meeting will occur at 9:30 AM, in a

room to be designated at the

Commission’s headquarters, 888 First

Street NE, Washington, DC.

Subsequent to the filing of the joint

application, the Commission staff will

issue a notice to convene a technical

conference to be held at a location near

the proposed joint project area. The

exact time and location will be provided

in that notice.

For additional information of a

procedural nature, contact Jeff Wright at

(202) 208–2239.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–841 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–399–000 and Docket No.

ER97–449–000

MP Energy, Inc. and Montana Power

Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

January 8, 1997.

On November 7, 1996, MP Energy,

Inc. (MP Energy) filed an application for

authorization to sell power at marketbased rates, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, MP Energy

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by MP Energy.

On January 6, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Conditionally

Accepting For Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates (Order), in the abovedocketed proceedings.

The Commission’s January 7, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (E), (F), and (H):

(E) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by MP Energy

should file a motion to intervene or

protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214

(1996).

(F) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (E) above, MP Energy is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, endorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the MP

Energy, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(H) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of MP

Energy’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities. * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

February 5, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–826 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. PR97–3–000]

Olympic Pipeline Company; Notice of

Petition for Rate Approval

January 10, 1997.

Take notice that on December 12,

1996, Olympic Pipeline Company

(Olympic), filed pursuant to Section

284.123(b)(2) of the Commission’s

Regulations, a petition for rate approval

requesting that the Commission approve

as fair and equitable a firm

transportation reservation charge of

$3.22 per MMBtu and a 100 percent

load factor interruptible transportation

charge of $0.1060 per MMBtu for

transportation services performed by

Olympic through its West Chalkley

System under Section 311(a)(2) of the

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).

Olympic states that it is an intrastate

pipeline within the meaning of Section

2(16) of the NGPA and it owns and

operates an intrastate pipeline system in

the State of Louisiana. Olympic

proposes an effective date of December

12, 1996.

Pursuant to Section 284.123(b)(2)(ii),

if the Commission does not act within

150 days of the filing date, the rate will

be deemed to be fair and equitable and

not in excess of an amount which

interstate pipelines would be permitted

to charge for similar transportation

service. The Commission may, prior to

the expiration of the 150-day period,

extend the time for action or institute a

proceeding to afford parties an

opportunity for written comments and

for the oral presentation of views, data,

and arguments.

Any person desiring to participate in

this rate proceeding must file a motion

to intervene in accordance with

Sections 385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures. All motions must be filed

with the Secretary of the Commission

on or before January 31, 1997. The

petition for rate approval is on file with

the Commission and is available for

public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–934 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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