Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 1997 / Notices 1741

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Numbers: 84.007 Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant Program;

84.033 Federal Work-Study Program; and

84.038 Federal Perkins Loan Program)

Dated: January 7, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–734 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 137–002–CA]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company;

Notice Granting Extension of Time

January 8, 1997.

On December 26, 1996, the Notice of

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment (NDEA) for the Mokelumne

River Project No. 137 was issued in the

Federal Register (Vol. 61 No. 249 FR

68033). The NDEA requested that any

comments should be filed within 30

days from the date of this notice. The