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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

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7764 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–320–009]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

March 21, 1997.

Take notice that on March 18, 1997,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

(Koch) tendered for filing to be part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets:

Effective February 5, 1997: Fourth

Revised Sheet No. 29

Effective March 1, 1997: Fifth Revised

Sheet No. 29

Koch states that this filing contains

the tariff sheet which provides the

additional information required by the

Commission’s March 7, 1997, Order

Rejecting Tariff Sheet. Koch states this

filing also provides the tariff sheet

which removes the negotiated rate

contracts effective March 1, 1997.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed in accordance with Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7758 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP97–292–000]

Louisiana Nevada Transit Company;

Notice of Petition for Waiver

March 21, 1997.

Take notice that on March 18, 1997,

Louisiana Nevada Transit Company

(LNT) pursuant to the March 4, 1997,

Order on Compliance Filing, issued by

the Commission, and in accordance

with Order Nos. 587 and 587–B,

tendered for filing a request for waiver

of any and all standards that required

the use or support of any Electronic

Data Interchange ASC X12 (EDI) format,

electronic delivery mechanism (EDM) to

transmit EDI datasets, Internet usage, as

well as any other related requirement

(referred to collectively as EDI/EDM)

because compliance with such

standards would force LNT into

bankruptcy.

LNT states that the specific standards

for which LNT seeks a waiver are listed

in Appendix A to the filing.

LNT states that copies of the filing

have been served upon all parties

required to be served.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Sections 385.214

and 385.211 of the Commission’s Rules

and Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed on or before

March 28, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriation 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

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7759 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP97–238–000]

Portland Natural Gas Transmission

System and Maritimes & Northeast

Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

March 21, 1997.

Take notice that on March 18, 1997,

Portland Natural Gas Transmission

System (PNGTS), 300 Friberg Parkway,

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581–

5039, and Maritimes & Northeast

Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes), 1284

Soldiers Field Road, Boston,

Massachusetts 02135, (together as joint

applicants), completed the filing of a

joint application in Docket No. CP97–

238–000 for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity, pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, to

construct and operate jointly-owned

pipeline facilities for the transportation

of natural gas, all as more fully set forth

in the application which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

The completion of the joint

application, originally filed February 10,

1997, was preceded by two public

conferences at the Commission and four

letters from the Office of Pipeline

Regulation (OPR) requesting the

information required to complete the

filing. The joint applicants request that

the Commission issue a preliminary

determination on non-environmental

issues by May 31, 1997, and a certificate

by August 31, 1997.

Specifically, joint applicants seek

authorization to construct about:

—99.8 miles of 30-inch pipeline and

appurtenant facilities from Dracut,

Massachusetts to Westbrook, Maine;

—a 3.8 mile, 12-inch lateral at

Westbrook, Maine (Westbrook

Lateral);

—a 1.36 mile, 16-inch lateral near

Newington, New Hampshire

(Newington Lateral);

—a 0.6 mile, 20-inch interconnecting

line at Haverhill, Massachusetts

(Haverhill Lateral);

—eight meter and regulation stations,

and other appurtenant facilities

The estimated cost of the joint pipeline

proposal is $172.4 million.

PNGTS will be responsible for the

engineering, design, and construction

management of the jointly-owned

pipeline, and Maritimes will be

designated as the operator, including

field operations and gas dispatching.

The cost and ownership of the joint

pipeline facilities will be based upon

the ration of each owner’s allocated

capacity. The total capacity of the joint

pipeline is 631,860 Mcf per day, with

421,860 Mcf per day allocated to

Maritimes and 210,000 Mcf per day

allocated to PNGTS. The proposed

laterals off the joint pipeline will be part

of the jointly-owned facilities and will

be sized according to each owner’s

requirements. The cost allocation of the

laterals will be based on the ratio of

each owner’s capacity through the

lateral. The cost and ownership ratios

are in the following table.