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the pipeline owned by Portland Pipe

Line Corporation (PPLC).

Granite State further states that it has

leased a former oil pipeline from PPLC

since 1986, converted it to natural gas

transportation and has operated it

pursuant to limited-term certificates

issued by the Commission. It is said that

the leased pipeline provides a link

between Granite State’s system at

Portland, Maine, and the U.S.-Canadian

border and provides transportation

capacity used by Granite State’s firm

customers, Bay State Gas Company and

Northern Utilities, Inc. to purchase and

receive deliveries of Canadian gas.

According to Granite State, both Bay

State Gas Company and Northern

Utilities have subscribed for capacity on

the Portland Natural Gas Transmission

System (PNGTS) for transportation

capacity that will replace their

entitlements to capacity on the leased

pipeline. It is further said that PNGTS

has proposed an in-service date of

November 1, 1998 but that there have

been delays in the construction

schedule, raising concerns that the

project will not be available for service

at the beginning of the heating season.

Granite State further states that its

transportation customers, particularly

Northern Utilities, must have access to

the transportation capacity on the leased

pipeline or on PNGTS at the beginning

of the 1998–99 heating season.

According to Granite State, it has

negotiated an arrangement with PPLC

pursuant to which the leased line can be

activated again for natural gas

transportation service on November 1,

1998, and continuing thereafter until

April 30, 1999.

Granite State further states that, under

the extended lease, it will incur costs for

rental payments, costs for reconversion

of the leased line for oil transportation

service, a share of certain joint costs for

the maintenance of PPLC’s right-of-way

and for property taxes, costs for purging

gas from the leased line and for Letters

of Credit in favor of PPLC. Granite State

states that it is obligated to make a

rental payment of $1.5 million to PPLC

in one installment on October 25, 1998

and a payment of $5.5 million in

reconversion costs. If the line is

activated for gas transportation service

on November 1, 1998, Granite State will

be charged $301,000 in fixed monthly

rent for the use of the leased pipeline,

plus $0.078 per MMBtu of gas

throughput. Granite State’s total cost

exposure, if it uses the leased line for

the full period of the lease extension

until April 30, 1999, is approximately

$10.1 million.

Granite State proposes to recover the

lease related costs over a 12-month

period through the special surcharge on

its Base Tariff rates which will be

derived pursuant to the methodology

described in a new provision, Section

34, added to the General Terms and

Conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff.

According to Granite State, copies of

its filing have been served on its firm

and interruptible customers and on the

regulatory agencies of the states of

Maine, Massachusetts and New

Hampshire.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a 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 as provided in 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 proceedings.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12374 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–201–000]

Gulf States Transmission Corporation;

Notice of Compliance Filing

May 5, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998, Gulf

States Transmission Corporation (Gulf

States), tendered for filing the original

and revised tariff sheets listed in

Appendix A to the filing. Gulf States

proposes that the foregoing tariff sheets

be made effective on June 1, 1998.

Gulf States states that this filing is in

compliance with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s Order on

Requests for Waiver, issued in Docket

No. RP97–174–001, on April 30, 1997.

Gulf States Transmission Corporation, et

al., 79 FERC ¶ 61,102 (1997). Gulf States

further states that the tariff sheets

implement the standards for Electronic

Data Interchange/Electronic Data

Mechanism and capacity release

promulgated by the Gas Industry

Standards Board and adopted by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

in Order Nos. 587, et al.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 384.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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 proceedings.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12367 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–200–000]

KO Transmission Company; Notice of

Petition for Waiver

May 5, 1998.

Take notice that on April 30, 1998,

KO Transmission Company (KO

Transmission) tendered for filing a

petition for waiver of the electronic

communications and Internet

transaction requirements of the

Commission’s Order Nos. 587–B, 587–C

and 587–G.

KO Transmission states that copies of

this petition has been served on each of

KO Transmission’s customers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

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 May 12, 1998. 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 proceedings.

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
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inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12366 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–9–16–000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;

Notice of Tariff Filing

May 5, 1998.

Take notice that on April 30, 1998,

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(National) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, Tenth Revised Sheet No.

9, with a proposed effective date of May

1, 1998.

National states that under Article II,

Section 2, of the approved settlement at

Docket Nos. RP94–367–000, et al.,

National is required to recalculate the

maximum Interruptible Gathering (IG)

rate monthly and to charge that rate on

the first day of the following month if

the result is an IG rate more than 2 cents

above or below the IG rate as calculated

under Section 1 of Article II. The

recalculation produced an IG Rate of 10

cents per dth.

National further states that, as

required by Article II, Section 4,

National is filing a revised tariff sheet

within 30 days of the effective date for

the revised IG rate.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a 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 as provided in 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 proceedings.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12376 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–202–000]]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America; Notice of Proposed Change

in FERC Gas Tariff

May 5, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1, Tenth Revised

Sheet No. 22, to be effective June 1,

1998.

Natural states that the filing if

submitted pursuant to Section 21 of the

General Terms and Conditions of

Natural’s FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised

Volume No. 1 (Section 21), as the tenth

semiannual limited rate filing under

Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act and the

Rules and Regulations of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) promulgated thereunder.

The rate adjustments filed for are

designed to recover Account No. 858

stranded costs incurred by Natural

under contracts for transportation

capacity on other pipelines. Costs for

any Account No. 858 contracts

specifically excluded under Section 21

are not reflected in this filing.

Natural requested specific waivers of

Section 21 and the Commission’s

Regulations, including the requirements

of Section 154.63, to the extent

necessary to permit the tendered tariff

sheet to become effective June 1, 1998.

Natural states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to its customers and

interested state regulatory agencies.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a 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 as provided in 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 proceedings.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12371 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–203–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

May 5, 1998.

Take notice that on May 1, 1998,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised

Volume No. 1 and Original Volume No.

2, revised tariff sheets set forth in

Appendix A to the filing to effectuate

changes in the rates and terms

applicable to Northern’s jurisdictional

service. The effect of the rate case is an

overall increase in revenues of

approximately $35 million above the

Base Period revenues. Northern also is

submitting several proposals to enhance

service flexibility and operational and

economic efficiency on the Northern

system.

Norther states that the changes

reflected in the Revised Tariff Sheets to

be effective June 1, 1998, are required to

effectuate the rate increase and to make

certain changes to Northern’s tariff

based on Northern’s operating

experience. Northern also proposes an

effective date of November 1, 1998, for

certain of the Revised Tariff Sheets

which require additional business

process and system changes for all

parties prior to implementation. Finally,

Northern proposes Pro Forma Tariff

Sheets which reflect further changes to

become effective on a prospective basis

following a omission order on the merits

or a settlement of this proceeding.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

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 as provided in 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 proceedings.