31974 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 112 /Thursday, June 11, 1998 / Notices

1See Opinion No. 357 issued November 14, 1990

(53 FERC ¶ 61,194 (1990)).

2 Iroquois notes that it will make any future

filings which may be necessary to operate the

proposed sales tap at the appropriate time.

filed no later than June 11, 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. 98–15511 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–574–000]

Iroquois Gas Transmission System

L.P.; Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

June 5, 1998.

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Iroquois Gas Transmission System L.P.

(Iroquois) One Corporate Drive, Suite

600, Shelton, Connecticut 06484, filed

in Docket No. CP98–574–000 a request

for authorization pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.211(b)) for authorization to

construct a new sales tap on its system

on behalf of Athens Generating

Company, L.P. (Athens) under Iroquois’

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP89–34–000 1 pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Specifically, Iroquois proposes to

construct a side tap tee and valve

assembly at the request of Athens, a

wholly owned indirect subsidiary of

U.S. Generating Company, LLC, which

is developing a 1080 megawatt gas-fired

electric power plant in Athens, New

York. Iroquois states that the proposed

in service date of this power plant is

mid-to-late 2001. Iroquois notes that

Athens has not yet contracted for

service on Iroquois and explains that the

pre-application report which Athens

filed with the New York State

Department of Public Service indicates

that they expect to receive gas supply

through Iroquois’ facilities. Iroquois

claims that because no such agreement

for service has been executed, Iroquois

is unable to specify with precision all of

the elements of the arrangement.

Iroquois asserts, however, that it expects

that service will be provided under

Iroquois’ existing RTS and/or ITS Rate

Schedules.

Iroquois states that the proposed sales

tap is to be installed at a point

immediately upstream of the new

mainline valve, which is to be installed

in connection with the proposed Athens

Compressor Station.2 Iroquois indicates

that while the annual volume of gas to

be delivered through the proposed sales

tap has not yet been conclusively

determined, Iroquois and Athens

estimate that the proposed electric

power plant will have the ability to

consume up to 170,000 dt per day of

natural gas. Iroquois reports that Athens

will reimburse Iroquois for the costs of

constructing the sales tap, up to $37,000

and notes that while Athens has agreed

to bear the costs of constructing the

sales taps as those costs are incurred,

Iroquois will refund these costs to

Athens when service is actually

provided through the tap.

Iroquois also requests a waiver of

section 157.206(f) of the Commission’s

Regulations (18 CFR 206(f)), which

requires that any construction

authorized under Section 157.205 be

completed and in actual operation

within one year of the date of

authorization. Iroquois asserts that this

waiver is necessary to allow Iroquois to

construct the sales tap during the

construction of its proposed Athens

Compressor Station authorized in

Docket No. CP96–687.

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) a 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15516 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–152–000, et al.]

Kansas Pipeline Company; Notice of

Technical Conference

June 5, 1998.

Take notice that on June 18, 1998,

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the

Commission Staff will convene a

technical conference in the above

captioned docket at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 1st Street NE, Washington, DC

20426. Any party, as defined in 18 CFR

385.102(c), and any participant, as

defined in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited

to attend.

The purpose of the conference is to

discuss the Service Agreements between

Kansas Pipeline Company and its

customers, Missouri Gas Energy and

Kansas Gas Service Company.

For further information, contact

Sharon Dameron (202) 208–2017, Office

of the General Counsel.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15514 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–575–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

June 5, 1998.

Take notice that on May 29, 1998,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch

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

Texas 77251–1478, filed in Docket No.

CP98–575–000, an application pursuant

to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for

authorization and approval to abandon

a pipeline segment by sale in place to

Mid Louisiana Gas Company

(MidLouisiana). Koch Gateway makes

such request, all as more fully set forth

in the request on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Koch Gateway proposes to abandon

271 feet of an 8-inch pipeline segment

which it designates as Index 270–80–1,

in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

It is stated that upon successful

abandonment in place, Koch Gateway

would sell the 8-inch pipeline segment

to MidLouisiana, who would use the

segment to augment its natural gas

transmission system.