[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23767-23768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11457]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-362-000]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

April 24, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 17, 1998, Northern Border Pipeline 
Company (Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd Street, Nebraska 68134-
1000, filed in Docket No. CP98-362-000, a request pursuant to Section 
157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.212) for authorization to construct and 
operate three tie-over lines on its pipeline system for the existing 
delivery points of Beaman, Tama and Amana in Iowa, under Northern 
Border's blanket certificate issued in docket No. CP84-420-000, 
pursuant to 18 CFR Part 157, Subpart F of the Natural Gas Act, all as 
more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern Border proposes to construct and operate three tie-over 
lines on its pipeline system for the existing delivery points of 
Beaman, Tama and Amana. It is stated that at Beaman a 2-inch tap would 
be installed on the 36-inch pipeline and approximately twenty feet

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of 2-inch pipe would extend from the tap to the 6-inch line serving the 
town of Beaman. It is further stated that at Tama a 2-inch tap would be 
installed on the 36-inch pipeline and approximately twenty feet of 2-
inch pipe would extend from the tap to the 3-inch rise off of the tap 
on the 30-inch pipeline. Northern border further states that at Amana a 
4-inch tap would be installed on the 36-inch pipeline and approximately 
twenty feet of 2-inch pipe would extend from the tap to the 6-inch line 
serving Amana. Northern Border states that the estimated cost of the 
proposed facilities is $26,803.
    Northern Border states that during construction of its expansion/
extension this summer, it would take out of service its existing 30-
inch pipeline between Ventura, Iowa and Harper, Iowa while the tie-in 
of the cross-over lines between the 30-inch and 36-inch lines are 
completed. It is further stated that during the period that the 30-inch 
pipeline is out of service the contract volumes currently being shipped 
on its system would be transported through the 36-inch line.
    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) 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. 98-11457 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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