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The subject sheets will be reviewed as

pro forma tariff sheets. A further order

will be issued prior to the filing by

Granite State of tariff sheets not less

than 30 days nor more than 60 days

prior to the proposed effective date.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

filing should on or before July 31, 1998,

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene or a protest in accordance

with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 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 a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules. Copies of this filing are on file

with the Commission and are available

for public inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18921 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–517–001]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Amended Application

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on July 1, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT), a subsidiary of NorAm Energy

Corporation, whose main office is

located at 111 Louisiana Street,

Houston, Texas 77210–4455, filed in the

referenced docket an amended

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended

and Part 157 of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)

Regulations thereunder (18 CFR 157.7

and 157.18), requesting issuance of a

Commission order authorizing NGT to

effect the sale and transfer to NorAm

Field Services Corporation (NFS) of

Line 0–577 and equipment appurtenant

thereto, located in Haskell County,

Oklahoma and all as more fully set forth

in the application which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

NGT seeks a determination that once

conveyed, these facilities will be

gathering facilities exempt from the

Commission’s jurisdiction.

Specifically, NGT proposes to

abandon and transfer to NFS Line 0–

577, a gas supply line that was

inadvertently omitted from the original

application filed May 12, 1997. Line 0–

577 is 10.39 miles of 6-inch diameter

pipe that operates at a pressure of 150

psig and carries undehydrated gas. NGT

proposes to sell these facilities to NFS

for the net book value of the assets at the

time of closing, which at this time is

estimated to be $339,450.15.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 27,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 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 proceedings. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion 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

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 or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein or if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter, finds that a grant of the

certificate for the proposal is required

by the public convenience and

necessity. If the Commission believes

that a 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 NGT to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18920 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–655–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on July 6, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84158–0900, filed in Docket

No. CP98–655–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate a new meter station, located

in Kittitas County, Washington to

accommodate a request for service by

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget), under

Northwest’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–433–000, 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.

Northwest proposes to construct and

operate a new meter station to be named

the Kittitas Meter Station, located in

Kittitas County, Washington, to

accommodate a request by Puget for a

new delivery point to serve a new

market in the Kittitas, Washington area

under authorized transportation

agreements.

Northwest states that Northwest and

Puget have entered into a Facilities

Agreement dated May 19, 1998, where

Northwest has agreed to construct and

own a new 6-inch tap and appurtenant

facilities on its 8-inch Wenatchee

Lateral and to design and install

electronic flow measurement (EFM)

equipment at the proposed meter

station. Northwest declares that Puget

has agreed to construct and own the

remainder of the proposed meter station

facilities, which will consist of a 12-

inch turbine meter, filter, valves, EFM

equipment, and appurtenances, to be

constructed on a site acquired by Puget.

Northwest states that together the tap

and meter facilities will comprise the

new Kittitas Meter Station that will be

operated by Northwest as part of its

open-access transportation system.

Northwest asserts that the delivery

capacity of the new Kittitas Meter

Station will depend upon the pressure

that exists on the Wenatchee Lateral at

the time of delivery. Northwest declares

that the meter station’s projected initial

deliveries are estimated to be in the

range of 375 Dth per day and the MAOP

will be 850 psig.
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Northwest states that the estimated

cost of installing the new meter station

will be approximately $257,050,

comprised of approximately $20,000 for

the tap facilities and the remainder for

the meter facilities, with expenses

totally reimbursed by Puget.

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. 98–18917 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–765–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Availability of the Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed

Wisconsin Loop Expansion Project

July 10, 1998.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) in the

above-referenced docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of the

construction and operation of the

proposed Wisconsin Loop Expansion

Project facilities including:

• About 11.7 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop on ANR’s

existing Wisconsin mainline in

Waukesha County, Wisconsin;

• The relocation of an existing pig

receiver from ANR’s existing Milwaukee

Tap and Meter Station No. 10 to a parcel

of land adjacent to ANR’s existing

mainline Station No. 12 in Waukesha

County, Wisconsin;

• A valve station at milepost 7.7

along the proposed 30-inch-diameter

pipeline loop; and

• A new meter station (Somers Meter

Station) at milepost 12.19 along ANR’s

existing Racine lateral in Kenosha

County, Wisconsin.

ANR would transport an additional

116 million cubic feet of natural gas per

day to shippers in the Chicago hub

markets.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC. A limited number of

copies of the EA are available for

distribution and public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your comments

to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., N.E., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.1.

• Reference Docket No. CP97–765–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before August 7, 1998.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now seeking to file

late interventions must show good

cause, as required by Section

385.214(b)(3), why this time limitation

should be waived. Environmental issues

have been viewed as good cause for late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18919 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11512–000 Oregon]

John H. Bigelow; Notice of Availability

of Draft Environmental Assessment

July 10, 1998.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for a new license for the

existing McKenzie Project, and has

prepared a Draft Environmental

Assessment (DEA) for the project. The

project is located on the McKenzie

River, in Lane County, Oregon. The DEA

contains the staff’s analysis of the

potential environmental impacts of the

project and has concluded that licensing

the project, with appropriate

environmental protective measures,

would not constitute a major federal

action that would significantly affect the

quality of the human environment.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review in the Public Reference Room,

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at

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

20426.

Any comments should be filed within

45 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Acting Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. For further information, contact

Gaylord W. Hoisington, Project

Coordinator, at (202) 219–2756.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18923 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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