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be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

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. 98–14068 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP96–234–002]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

refund report

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 15, 1998,

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) tendered

for filing a report of refunds paid to

customers.

ANR states that the refunds relate to

ANR’s Account No. 858 expenses for the

period November 1, 1993 through April

30, 1994. The Commission ruled that

ANR did not have tariff authority to

track these expenses, and ANR recently

withdrew its court appeal of the

Commission’s order. Accordingly, on

April 15, 1998, ANR refunded to eligible

customers $4,181,224, consisting of

principal amounts totaling $3,446,417

and interest of $734,807.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before May 28, 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.

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. 98–14069 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–546–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 13, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030 filed, in Docket

No. CP98–546–000, an application

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

Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations for an order

permitting and approving the

abandonment of Derricks Creek Storage

Field, Kanawha County, West Virginia,

and a certificate of public convenience

and necessity to construct and operate

storage pipeline, storage wells, and

appurtenant facilities in Ripley Storage

Field, Jackson County, West Virginia, as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Specifically, Columbia requests

authorization for the following:

• Abandonment of the Derricks Creek

Storage Field in its entirety consisting of

13.1 miles of various size pipeline and

20 active storage wells located in

Kanawha County, West Virginia.

• Replacement of working gas

capacity and deliverability at the Ripley

Storage Field by construction of

approximately 3.5 miles of various size

storage pipeline, drilling six new storage

wells, and improving the deliverability

of nine existing wells located in Jackson

County, West Virginia.

• Abandonment by sale of up to 5.4

Bcf of base gas within the two storage

fields. (4.4 Bcf at Derricks Creek and 1.0

Bcf at Ripley.)

Columbia proposes to invest $7.3

million at the Ripley Storage Field in

lieu of the work which would otherwise

be required to maintain storage

performance at Derricks Creek, which

Columbia estimates would have been a

minimum of $10 million. Columbia

estimates the cost of retiring Derricks

Creek to be $700,000. Columbia asserts

that the reduction in working gas

capacity and deliverability resulting

from the abandonment of one storage

field will be offset by the replacement

activities proposed in an adjacent field.

Columbia says there will be no new or

expanded services or any net expansion

of its storage capabilities.

Columbia says the disposition of

proceeds from the proposed sale of the

Derricks Creek and Ripley base gas will

be made pursuant to Section C, Article

IV, of Stipulation II of the Settlement in

Docket No. RP95–408 (79 FERC ¶ 61,044

(1997). Columbia states it will comply

with the annual reporting requirements

provided for in Section D of Article IV.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 11,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, 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 385.211 and

385.214) 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. The Commission’s

rules require that protestors provide

copies of their protests to the party or

parties directly involved. Any person

wishing to become a party in any

proceeding herein must file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s rules.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by every one of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.
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Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Section 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that permission and approval for the

proposed abandonments and a grant of

the certificate 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 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 Columbia to appear or

to be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14059 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–220–000]

Enron Energy Services, Inc. Enron

Capital & Trade Resources Corp.;

Notice of Petition For Limited Waiver

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 15, 1998,

Enron Energy Services, Inc. (EES) and

Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp.

(ECT) (collectively Petitioners) tendered

for filing a petition for limited waiver of

Section 284.243 of the Commission’s

regulations and related Commission

policy pursuant to Rule 101(e) and 207

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure.

Petitioners seek a limited waiver of

the Commission’s regulations regarding

the assignment of capacity and the

Commission’s general policy that a

shipper of natural gas on an interstate

pipeline must have title to the gas being

shipped from the point of receipt to the

point of delivery. Petitioners request

that the waiver apply only to their

transfers of title in transit to Petitioners’

sales customers in New York State

served by any of five interstate

pipelines, CNG Transmission

Corporation (CNG), Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia),

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(NFG), Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Company (Tennessee), and

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco).

Due to the adverse competitive

situation created in New York State as

a result of our competitors’

interpretation of the ‘‘shippers must

have title’’ policy and the Commission’s

capacity release regulations, Petitioners

request expedited Commission action

on this request in order to permit

Petitoners to utilize the same marketing

mechanisms being used by their

competitors.

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 on or before May 28, 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

inspection in the public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14074 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–222–000]

Kern River Gas Transmission

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 18, 1998,

Kern River Gas Transmission Company

(Kern River) tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, a number of tariff sheets

to become effective January 1, 1997,

June 1, 1997, October 1, 1997, or July 1,

1998, as specified in Appendix A of the

filing.

Kern River states that the purpose of

this filing is to make several minor

revisions to Kern River’s tariff. Kern

River proposes (1) to relocate certain

Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB)

standards in its tariff and on pending

tariff sheets filed in Kern River’s Docket

No. RP97–342–004 pooling proposal, to

increase ease of reference and to

eliminate duplication; (2) to correct the

stated Gas Research Institute (GRI)

surcharge; and (3) to make other general

‘‘housekeeping’’ changes.

Kern River states that a copy of this

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 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.

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. 98–14076 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–556–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 15, 1998,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch

Gateway), P.O. Box 1478, Houston,

Texas 77251–1478, filed in Docket No.

CP98–556–000 on abbreviated

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act for authorization

and approval to abandon an obsolete

natural gas transportation service for

SCM Corporation (SCM) performed

under its Rate Schedule X–169 which

was authorized in Docket No. CP85–

465, all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Koch Gateway states that

abandonment is being proposed because

there has not been any service provided

under the agreement for a number of

years and that the parties have mutually

agreed to termination. No imbalances

exist. No facilities are proposed to be

abandoned and that service obligations

to its remaining customers will not be