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install and operate compression, and

related appurtenant facilities, at the

Hilight Processing Plant in Campbell

County, Wyoming and at the Platte

River Compressor Station in Converse

County, Wyoming, in order to alleviate

an existing capacity constraint on

MIGC’s system.

In the subject amendment, MIGC

seeks to modify its original request for

certificate authority by requesting

authorization to install two 1610 hp

reciprocating compression units at the

Hilight Processing Plant in place of the

two 1360 hp reciprocating compression

units originally sought. In addition,

MIGC requests authorization to install

one 3300 hp centrifugal (gas turbinedriven) compression unit at the Platte

River Compressor Station in place of the

two 7042 hp reciprocating compression

units originally requested.

MIGC states that the revised cost of

the proposed project is estimated to be

$6,197,000. In addition, MIGC states

that the request for rolled-in rate

treatment for the facilities will not result

in any rate increase to existing

customers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

amendment should on or before May 22,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., 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. All persons who have heretofore

filed need to file again.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12074 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 2901–000 and 2902–000]

Nekoosa Packaging Corporation;

Notice of Commission Staff Meeting

With Nekoosa Packaging Corporation

on Re-Licensing of Big Island and

Holcomb Rock Hydroelectric Projects

May 1, 1998.

Nekoosa Packaging Corporation

(Nekoosa), a wholly owned subsidiary

of Georgia-Pacific Corporation is

preparing License Applications and a

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)

for the Big Island and Holcomb Rock

Hydroelectric Projects (Project Nos.

2901 and 2902, respectively) located on

the James River, in Bedford and

Amherst Counties, Virginia. The DEA is

being prepared in coordination with

representatives from various federal,

state and local agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and local

interest groups. The DEA and license

applications will be filed with the

Commission no later than December 31,

1998.

Nekoosa mailed a copy of Sections 5

and 6 of the preliminary DEA, and a

copy of Scoping Document 2, to all

parties, including the Commission, on

April 27, 1998. Commission staff has

reviewed the documents and will attend

a meeting, as follows, to discuss and

make recommendations to be included

in the preliminary DEA.

Meeting Date: May 12, 1998, 9 a.m.

Location: Georgia-Pacific

Corporation’s big Island Mills

compound, Highway 501 North, Big

Island, Virginia 24526

Interested parties are welcome to

attend this meeting. For further

information please contact the following

individuals:

C. Richard Judy, Nekoosa Packaging

Corporation, Big Island, Virginia

24526, (804) 299–5911

James T. Griffin, Federal Energy Reg.

Comm., 888 First Street, NE, Mailstop

HL–11.3, Washington, DC 20426,

(202) 219–2799

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12073 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. OA97–25–000, OA97–606–000,

ER98–1890–000, ER98–2060–000, EL98–40–

000]

Northern States Power Company

(Minnesota) and Northern States

Power Company (Wisconsin); Notice of

Initiation of Proceeding and Refund

Effective Date

May 1, 1998.

Take notice that on April 30, 1998,

the Commission issued an order in the

above-indicated dockets initiating a

proceeding in Docket No. EL98–40–000

under section 206 of the Federal Power

Act.

The refund effective date in Docket

No. EL98–40–000 will be 60 days after

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12071 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–372–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

May 1, 1998.

Take notice that on April 23, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84158–0900, filed in Docket

No. CP98–372–000, a request, pursuant

to §§ 157.205, 157.216, and 157.211 of

the Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.216, and 157.211), for authorization

to abandon by removal its existing

Moses Lake Meter Station and its

existing U&I Sugar Meter Station in

Grant County, Washington and to

construct and operate a new combined,

replacement Moses Lake Meter Station

at the same site to better accommodate

existing natural gas delivery

requirements to Cascade Natural Gas

Corporation (Cascade), under

Northwest’s blanket certificate

authorization issued in Docket No.

CP82–433–000, pursuant to Section 7 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.