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MMBtu, respectively. Koch further

reports that Willmut reimbursed Koch

Gateway approximately $53,000 for

construction costs.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 54 days after the

Commission has issued this notice, 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

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filled within the

allowed time, 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and not withdrawn within 30 days after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 NGA.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19590 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–654–000]

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 17, 1998.

Take notice that on July 6, 1998,

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT), 1111 Louisiana

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in

Docket No. CP98–654–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212

and 157.216 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216)

for the abandonment, construction and

operation of certain facilities in St.

Louis, Missouri, under MRT’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP98–

482–000 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, MRT proposes to

relocate facilities by abandoning a 6-

inch delivery tap and installing and

operating a new 4-inch delivery tap on

MRT’s St. Louis Line to serve Laclede

Gas, a local distribution company in St.

Louis, Missouri. MRT states that the

total estimated volumes to be delivered

to these facilities are 5,000 MMBtu

annually and 15 MMBtu on a peak day.

The total estimated cost of the

relocation is $100,477.

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. 98–19589 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–3096–000]

Pepco Services, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

July 17, 1998.

Pepco Services, Inc. (Pepco Services),

a wholly-owned subsidiary of Potomac

Capital Investment Corporation which

is, in turn, a wholly-owned subsidiary

of Potomac Electric Power Company,

filed an application for Commission

authorization to engage in the marketing

of energy and power at wholesale and

the brokering of energy and capacity at

wholesale, and for certain waivers and

authorizations. In particular, Pepco

Services requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liabilities

by Pepco Services. On July 16, 1998, the

Commission issued an Order Accepting

For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates

(Order), in the above-docket proceeding. The Commission’s July 16, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (C), (D), and (F): (C) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by Pepco

Services should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(D) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (C) above, Pepco Services is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of Pepco

Services, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(F) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Pepco Service’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liabilities * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is August

17, 1998.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19596 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–662–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 17, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston,

Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP98–

662–000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.216) for authorization to abandon a

sales tap in Jefferson Davis Parish,

Louisiana under Tennessee’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

413–000 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.

The tap had been used for a direct

sale of natural gas for agricultural

purposes since an in-service date of