18106 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT97–19–000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proposed

Change in FERC Gas Tariff

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on April 1, 1997,

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) tendered for

filing to become part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheet, to become

effective April 1, 1997.

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 401

Equitrans states that this filing is

made to update Equitrans’ index of

customers. In Order No. 581 the

Commission established a revised

format for the Index of Customers to be

included in the tariffs of interstate

pipelines and required the pipelines to

update the index on a quarterly basis to

reflect changes in contract activity.

Equitrans requests a waiver of the

Commission’s notice requirements to

permit the tariff sheet to take effect on

April 1, 1997, the first calendar quarter,

in accordance with Order No. 581.

Equitrans states that a copy of its

filing has been served upon its

customers and interested state

commissions.

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. All

such motions or protests must be filed

in accordance with Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97–157–001 and RP97–322–

000]

Gas Transports, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on April 2, 1997, Gas

Transport, Inc. (GTI) tendered for filing

various tariff sheets to its FERC Gas

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1,

with a proposed effective date of June 1,

1997.

GTI states that these tariff sheets

reflect the requirements of Order No.

587, issued by the Commission in

Docket No. RM96–1–000 on July 17,

1996.

GTI states that copies of its filing were

served upon its jurisdictional customers

and the Regulatory Commissions of the

states of Ohio and West Virginia.

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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211 or

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214

or 385.211). All Such motions or

protests must be filed on or before April

22, 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 inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–671–002]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;

Notice of Amendment

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on April 3, 1997,

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square,

Buffalo, New York 14203, filed an

amendment to its pending application

in Docket No. CP96–671–000 pursuant

to Sections 7(b) and (c) of the Natural

Gas Act for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

the construction and operation of

facilities in order to create additional

firm transportation capacity from the

Niagara import point to Leidy and

Wharton, Pennsylvania, and permission

and approval to abandon certain

facilities, all as more fully set forth in

the application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

National Fuel states that the purpose

of the amendment is to eliminate from

the application the facilities not needed

to serve two firm shippers, Enron

Capital & Trade Resources Corp. (Enron)

and Union Pacific Fuels, Inc. (Union

Pacific), whose services are not

dependent upon authorization of the

proposed SeaBoard project of

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco). Specifically,

National Fuel proposes to: (1) eliminate

from its application the request for

authorization to replace compressor

units 1–4 at the Ellisburg Compressor

Station with a new 3,200 hp unit, and

(2) submit the Amended and Restated

Precedent Agreement between National

Fuel and Enron Capital & Trade

Resources.

National Fuel states that the original

application sought authorization for

facilities that would provide an

additional 48,000 Dth per day of firm

winter capacity and 21,344 Dth per day

of firm non-winter capacity from the

Niagara import point to the

interconnections between the facilities

of National Fuel and Transco at Leidy

and Wharton, Pennsylvania. Of this

additional capacity, 44,344 Dth/d was

subscribed on a long-term basis by

Enron and Renaissance Energy (U.S.),

Inc. (Renaissance), both of which

planned to use the additional capacity

on National Fuel’s system in

combination with proposed SeaBoard

capacity downstream on Transco’s

system. It is stated that National Fuel’s

original service agreement with each of

Enron and Renaissance made the

execution of a transportation service

agreement with Transco a condition to

the execution of a transportation

agreement with National Fuel.

National Fuel states that on January

21, 1997, Transco advised the

Commission that its proposed SeaBoard

Project would not be placed in service

until at least November 1, 1998.

It is stated that on January 30, 1997,

National Fuel filed an amendment to its

application (First Amendment), which

advised the Commission that National

Fuel and Union Pacific have executed a

precedent agreement for the remaining

3,656 Dth/d of firm winter capacity to

be created by National Fuel’s 1997
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Niagara Expansion Project. National

Fuel states that the First Amendment

also addressed a proposed change in

compressor mode and horsepower at

National Fuel’s Ellisburg Compressor

Station, and sought certificate authority

for a meter replacement that had been

described in the original application as

an auxiliary facility.

National Fuel states that on March 14,

1997, it responded to a data request

from the Commission seeking

information about National Fuel’s plans

in light of Transco’s announcement that

the SeaBoard project would be delayed.

National Fuel states that it advised the

Commission that Enron and National

Fuel had just entered into an Amended

and Restated Precedent Agreement,

under which the service to be rendered

by National Fuel is not dependent upon

the outcome of Transco’s SeaBoard

project or any other downstream

facilities. National Fuel also clarified

that its proposed service to Union

Pacific is not depended on downstream

facilities. National Fuel indicated that it

intended to file an amendment to its

application seeking a Commission

order, on the earliest date possible,

authorizing the construction of the

facilities required by National Fuel to

render firm service to Enron and Union

Pacific, while the facilities required to

serve Renaissance would remain tied to

Transco’s SeaBoard project.

According to National Fuel, the

revised project is not dependent upon

the outcome of Transcop’s SeaBoard

project, nor is it dependent upon the

certification or construction of any

downstream facilities.

National Fuel states that the service to

be provided to Enron will be changed in

two minor respects. First, Transco at

Leidy is now designated as the primary

delivery point with respect to all of

Enron’s maximum daily transportation

quantity (MDT). Under the original

agreement, the primary delivery point

with respect to 5,300 Dth/d of Enron’s

MDT was to be Transco at Wharton,

12.2 miles from Leidy. Second, the

agreement calls for the execution of two

service agreements—one ten year

service agreement with an MDT of

15,694 Dth/d and one eleven year

service agreement with an MDT of 5,650

Dth/d—instead of one ten year service

agreement with an MDT of 21,344 Dth/

d. It is stated that the total quantity

subscribed by Enron remains at 21,344

Dth/d; the effect of this change is that

the primary term with respect to 5,650

Dth/d of Enron’s capacity has been

increased from ten to eleven years.

It is stated that neither the Enron nor

the Union Pacific service will be

dependent upon any other downstream

facilities. National Fuel states that these

customers have requested firm service

to Leidy, Pennsylvania, a recognized

market center. It is stated that National

Fuel’s firm shippers would have a

number of options for the delivery of

their gas at Leidy, including the sale of

such gas to shippers with primary firm,

secondary firm, released firm or

interruptible capacity on Transco’s

system. In addition, National Fuel’s firm

shippers would be able to arrange the

redelivery of their gas to other interstate

pipelines (including CNG Transmission

Corporation, Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Company and Texas Eastern

Transmission Corporation) at several

secondary points in the Ellisburg-Leidy

area, or elsewhere on National Fuel’s

system. In addition, National Fuel

contends that the availability of storage

in the Ellisburg-Leidy area provides

another delivery option for National

Fuel’s shippers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

amendment should on or before April

17, 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

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 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

and the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

with further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, or

if the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed certificate

and abandonment are 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 National Fuel to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–200–020]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

April 8, 1997.

Take notice that on April 3, 1997,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets to be effective April 1, 1997:

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 7A

Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 7B

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 7C

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 7D

Third Revised Sheet No. 7E

First Revised Sheet No. 7G

First Revised Sheet No. 7G.01

First Revised Sheet No. 7H

Original Sheet No. 7I

Original Sheet No. 7J

Original Sheet No. 7K

Original Sheet No. 7L

Second Revised Sheet No. 8

Sheet No. 9–11

NGT states that these tariff sheets are

filed herewith to reflect specific

negotiated rate transactions

commencing the month of April, 1997.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rule 211 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). All such

protests must be filed as provided in

§ 154.210 of the Commission’s

regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestant parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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