38396 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 136 /Thursday, July 16, 1998 / Notices

1See 83 FERC ¶ 61,194.

package forms (No.’s 1 through 6 and 7

if applicable) may be accessed at http:/

/www.id.doe.gov/doeid/

application.html. Sources intending to

propose should send a notice of intent

to propose to Mr. Hillebrant (point of

contact listed above) by July 15, 1998.

Deadline for receipt of applications is

July 31, 1998, with additional time

allowed for cost share commitment

information submittal. Hard copies of

the solicitation and the application

forms may also be requested from Mr.

Hillebrant.

Issued in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on June 24,

1998.

R. Jeffrey Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

[FR Doc. 98–18972 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–650–000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on July 2, 1998,

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) located at

3500 Park Lane, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania 15275 filed in the

referenced docket an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), as amended and Part

157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s Regulations thereunder

(18 CFR Sections 157.7 and 157.18),

requesting issuance of a Commission

order authorizing Equitrans to effect the

sale and transfer to Tri-County Oil & Gas

Company (Tri-County) certain of its

natural gas gathering facilities

comprising the North Littleton gathering

system, located in Wetzel and

Monongalia Counties, West Virginia, all

as more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Equitrans seeks a determination that

once conveyed, these facilities will be

gathering facilities exempt from the

Commission’s jurisdiction.

Specifically, Equitrans proposes to

abandon and transfer to Tri-County, the

North Littleton gathering system

consisting of 216 segments of pipe

totaling 214,028 feet and ranging from 2

to 16 inches in diameter with each

segment less than 2 miles in length and

13 metering stations. Equitrans proposes

to sell these facilities to Tri-County for

the negotiated amount of $238,744.

Currently, Equitable Gas Company

(Equitable), the predominant shipper on

the North Littleton system and an

affiliate of Equitrans, serves the

communities of Burton, Eastview and

Hundred, West Virginia as well as 92

rural distribution customers from taps

on the system. In addition, Equitable

and other third parties ship local

production on the system for delivery to

Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Company or

the transmission system of Equitrans.

Equitrans indicates that Tri-County has

agreed that none of these arrangements

with Equitrans, Equitable and other

third party shippers will be

discontinued, and that for a period of

two years, Tri-County has agreed that

the gathering charge to shippers will not

exceed the maximun rate for gathering

which Equitrans is authorized to charge

under its FERC Gas Tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application 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 385.211 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 with 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 Equitrans to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18918 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–610–003]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Compliance Filing

July 10, 1998.

Take notice that on June 26, 1998,

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

(Granite State), tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

revised and original tariff sheets:

First Revised Sheet Nos. 27 through 28

Original Sheet Nos. 29 and 30

First Revised Sheet No. 100

First Revised Sheet No. 183

Original Sheet Nos. 184 through 199

The tariff sheets are filed in

compliance with the provisions of the

May 27, 1998 certificate order issued in

CP96–610–000.1 Granite State states that

the tariff sheets reflect the initial rates

for the firm LNG storage and

vaporization service approved in the

certificate order and the provisions of

Rate Schedule LNG–1 for firm service.

The filing also includes a proposed Rate

Schedule LNG–2 for interruptible

peaking storage service and the

proposed rates for such service.

Granite State further states that it will

file substitute replacement tariff sheets

with effective dates not less than 60

days before the date on which the

completed and tested storage facility is

ready to receive shipments of LNG for

injection and storage. Granite State says

it will also file, at that time, any

revisions to the General Terms and

Conditions of its tariff that are necessary

to reflect the effect of the two new

storage services and any proposed

changes in the initial rates, if necessary.

Granite State says that it must file an

executed contract with Northern

Utilities, Inc. for firm peaking storage

service under Rate Schedule LNG–1

before construction can commence, as

conditioned by the certificate order.

Granite State also says that when it

submits the executed contract, it will

also file the forms of requests for service

under Rate Schedules LNG–1 and LNG–

2 and the forms of contracts for service

in tariff sheet format.