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1 61 FERC ¶62,012 (1992).

electronic gas measurement to

accommodate the above described

changes.

The current capacity at that meter

station is 1.5 MMcf per day, and

Midwestern states that the proposed

modifications are designed to increase

the capacity to 30 MMcf per day,

without having a significant impact on

Midwestern’s peak day or annual

deliveries.

The overall cost of the project,

including both the removal and the

installation of facilities will be

approximately $197,900. It is stated that

Western Kentucky will fully reimburse

Midwestern for this project.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–332–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on April 3, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, TX

77002, filed in Docket No. CP98–332–

000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate certain facilities in

Oklahoma under NGT’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

384–000 and CP82–384–001 pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

NGT specifically proposes to convert

an existing receipt point into a delivery

point on NGT’s Line 8 to deliver

approximately 480 Dth/d and 8,500 Dth/

yr of gas, transported pursuant to

Section 284.223, to ARKLA. ARKLA

will reimburse NGT for all construction

costs, which are estimated to be $500.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10091 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. UL97–11–000]

PacifiCorp; Notice Rejecting Request

for Rehearing

April 10, 1998.

On February 12, 1998, the Acting

Director, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, issued an order finding

licensing not required for a storage

reservoir located on Bear Lake, in Idaho.

82 FERC ¶62,100. On March 13, 1998,

LOVE Bear Lake, Inc., filed a request for

rehearing of this order with the

Commission.

Under Section 313(a) of the Federal

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 825l(a), a request

for rehearing may be filed only by a

party to the proceeding. In order to

become a party to any Commission

proceeding, an interested person must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214. LOVE Bear

Lake, Inc., did not file a motion to

intervene in this proceeding.

Consequently, its request for rehearing

must be rejected.

This notice constitutes final agency

action. Requests for rehearing by the

Commission of this rejection notice

must be filed within 30 days of the date

of issuance of this notice pursuant to 18

CFR 385.713.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP92–633–001]

Public Service Company of Colorado;

Notice of Request for Clarification or

Amendment to Blanket Certificate

April 10, 1998.

Take notice that on April 2, 1998,

Public Service Company of Colorado

(PSCo), 1225 17th Street, Denver,

Colorado 80202, filed in Docket No.

CP92–633–001, pursuant to Rules 212

and Section 284.224 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations, a

request for clarification of, or in the

alternative, an application to amend the

blanket certificate issued to PSCo in

Docket No. CP92–633–000 by order

issued October 8, 1992 (Order).1 By its

request for amendment, PSCo requests

that the Commission either (1) clarify

that PSCo’s existing blanket certificate

authorization permits PSCo to provide

service using facilities located on any

portion of its system in the state of

Colorado, or (2) amend PSCo’s existing

blanket certificate authorization to

permit PSCo to provide service on any

portion of its system in the state of

Colorado.

PSCo states that the Commission, by

its Order, issued PSCo a Section 284.224

certificate in order to continue to

provide service to the customers of

Western Gas Supply Corporation

(WestGas), a subsidiary of PSCo which

held this type of certificate when a

merger between PSCo and WestGas

occurred. PSCo’s blanket certificate

application requested that the

authorization pertain ‘‘to service

through the former WestGas Hinshaw

facilities and not PSCo’s distribution

facilities.’’

On December 23, 1997, PSCo filed an

application with the Colorado Public

Utilities Commission (CPUC) for

authority to construct and operate the

Front Range Pipeline in order to provide

additional capacity on its system in

Colorado. Responding to discovery