32870 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices

First Street, NE., Washington, DC, in

accordance with Sections 385.211 and

385.214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. All such

motions or protests must be filed on or

before June 25, 1998. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not be served to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. The

petition for rate approval is on file with

the Commission and is available for

public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15909 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–589–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT), 525 Milam, P.O. Box 21734,

Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in

Docket No. CP98–589–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205 and

157.211 of the Commission’s Regulation

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.205, 157.211) for authorization to

operate certain facilities, located in

Webster Parish, Louisiana, under NGT’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos.

CP82–384–000 and CP82–384–001,

pursuant to Section 7(c) 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.

NGT proposes to operate a 3-inch tap,

3-inch regulator station with two

regulators, and two 4-inch meter

stations, on NGT’s Line S in Webster

Parish, Louisiana, under Subpart G of

Part 284 of the Commission’s

Regulations. NGT states that this meter

station is being constructed under

Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy

Act and Subpart B of Part 284 of the

Commission’s Regulations to provide

service to Arkla, a distribution division

of NorAm Energy Corporation (Arkla).

NGT declares that Arkla will install 550

feet of 6-inch pipeline to connect this

delivery point to an addition to Arkla’s

Louisiana distribution system which it

is acquiring from Louisiana-Nevada Gas

Transit Company.

NGT states that the estimated volumes

to be delivered through these new

facilities are 3,008,086 MMBtu annually

and 14,857 MMBtu on a peak day. NGT

declares that the estimated cost of these

facilities is $107,578 and Arkla will

reimburse NGT for $104,795.

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 not 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15905 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–188–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Technical Conference

June 10, 1998.

In the Commission’s order issued on

May 28, 1998, the Commission directed

that a technical conference be held to

address issues raised by the filing.

Take notice that the technical

conference will be held on Wednesday,

July 22, 1998, at 10:00 a.m., in a room

to be designated at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426.

All interested parties and Staff are

permitted to attend.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15911 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–590–00]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that on June 3, 1998,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court,

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1642, filed in Docket No. CP98–590–000

a request 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) for

authorization to install, own, maintain

and operate and operate a new point of

delivery, which will consist of a 2-inch

side valve and 2-inch insulating flange

(tap) on its existing 24-inch Line No. 1

in Stoddard County, Missouri, to make

deliveries to Noranda Aluminum, Inc.

(Noranda), and industrial end-user,

under the blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–535–000, all as more

fully set forth in the request which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Noranda will install, or cause to be

installed, a single 3-inch meter run plus

associated piping (meter station),

approximately 50 feet of 2-inch pipe

that will extend from the meter station

to the tap (connecting pipe), and

electronic gas measurement equipment

(EGM). Texas Eastern will own the tap

and EGM. Noranda will own the

connecting pipe and meter station.

Texas Eastern will operate the tap, EGM,

meter station, and connection pipe.

Texas Eastern will maintain the tap and

EGM. Noranda will maintain the meter

station and connecting pipe.

Texas Eastern estimates the cost for

installing the tap, and from reviewing

and inspecting the installation of the

meter station, connecting pipe, and

EGM to be approximately $6,949, which

Noranda has agreed to reimburse Texas

Eastern for 100% of the costs and

expenses associated with the proposed

delivery point. Texas Eastern will

deliver up to 4 MMCF/d to Noranda at

the proposed delivery point pursuant to

its Rate Schedule IT–1.

Texas Eastern states that Noranda is

located in the service area of and is

currently a customer of Associated

Natural Gas Company (Associated).

However, Noranda has informed Texas

Eastern that the service Noranda

receives from Associated is an

interruptible service. Texas Eastern

states that the installation of the tap and