Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 109 / Monday, June 8, 1998 / Notices 31209

Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties,

New York, and Crawford, Erie, and

Warren counties, Pennsylvania for

$21,800,000. Norse relates the facilities

include 336 miles of pipeline and seven

compression facilities.

Norse requests the Commission to

declare the pipeline and compressor

facilities to be acquired from Columbia

as exempt gathering facilities under

Section 1(b) of the NGA.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 23,

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. Any person wishing

to become a party in any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15092 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–541–000]

Northern Lights, Inc.; Notice of

Application

June 2, 1998.

Take notice that on May 13, 1998,

Northern Lights, Inc. (Applicant), 1423

Dover Highway, Sandpoint, Idaho,

83864, filed in Docket No. CP98–541–

000 an abbreviated application pursuant

to Sections 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act,

as amended, for permission and

approval to grant a service area

determination, all as more fully set forth

in the application which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Applicant states that it is an electric

distribution cooperative currently

operating in the states of Idaho and

Montana. Applicant further states that

upon receipt of the requisite federal,

state, and local authorizations,

Applicant proposes to construct natural

gas local distribution service and

commence providing natural gas local

distribution service in several small

rural communities located in

northwestern Idaho and northeastern

Washington state. Applicant requests a

service area determination

encompassing the Sagle unincorporated

area, and the cities Priest River and Old

Town and surrounding environs,

located in Bonner County, Idaho, and

the cities of Newport and Usk and

surrounding environs, located in Pend

Oreille County, Washington. Applicant

asserts that no sales for resale will be

contemplated.

Applicant also requests that the

Commission determine that Applicant

qualifies as a local distribution company

in the area proposed as a Section 7(f)

service area for purposes of Section 311

of the Natural Gas Policy Act. Applicant

further requests that the Commission

grant Applicant a waiver of certain

reporting and accounting requirements

otherwise applicable to Applicant as a

natural gas company.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 9,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a

petition 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 the proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

petition to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 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 on this application if no

petition to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, and if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter finds that the abandonment is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a petition for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its motion believes that

a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provide

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15110 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–233–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

June 2, 1998.

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern), tendered for filing changes

in its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised

Volume No. 1.

Northern states that the filing revises

the current Stranded Account No. 858

Surcharge which is designed to recover

costs incurred by Northern related to its

contracts with third-party pipelines.

Therefore, Northern has filed 1 Revised

Substitute 43 Sheet Nos. 50 and 51 and

the 1 Revised Substitute 40 Revised

Sheet No. 53 to be effective July 1, 1998.

Northern states that copies of this

filing were served upon the Company’s

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. 98–15097 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

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