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1See: 80 FERC ¶61,264 (1997); rehearing denied

January 28, 1998, 82 FERC ¶ 61,058 (1998).

2Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC,

91 F.3d 1478 (D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96–954

and 96–1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751 and 3754, May 12,

1997).

1 83 FERC ¶ 61,226.

2There is no provision under applicable statutes

or regulations for requesting rehearing of a Final

EA.

3 16 U.S.C. 825l.

4 18 CFR 385.713 (1998).

Pipeline Docket No.

K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company.SA98–99–000

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company.

SA98–100–

000

If adjustment relief becomes necessary

(i.e., if the Commission determines that

IMC owes Kansas ad valorem tax

refunds to one or more of the subject

pipelines), IMC requests to be relieved

from making the refunds attributable to

royalties, on the ground that such

refunds are now uncollectible, owing to

the enactment of section 7 of House Bill

No. 2419, by the State of Kansas. IMC’s

petitions are on file with the

Commission and they are open to public

inspection.

The Commission, by order issued

September 10, 1997, in Docket No.

RP97–369–000 et al.,1 on remand from

the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,2

directed First Sellers to make Kansas ad

valorem tax refunds, with interest, to

the appropriate pipelines, for the period

from 1983 to 1988. In its January 28,

1998 Order Clarifying Procedures [82

FERC ¶ 61,059 (1998)], the Commission

stated that producers (i.e., First Sellers)

could file dispute resolution requests

with the Commission, asking the

Commission to resolve the dispute with

the pipeline over the amount of Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds owed.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to any

of these petitions should on or before 15

days after the date of publication in the

Federal Register of this notice, 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, 385.211,

385.1105, and 385.1106). 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20207 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–356–000]

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 23, 1998.

Take notice that on July 17, 1998,

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third

Revised Volume No. 1, Fifth Revised

Sheet No. 9, to be effective August 16,

1998.

MRT states that the purpose of this

filing is to provide for recovery of

additional prior period adjustments to

MRT’s Account No. 191 balance,

representing amounts paid by MRT to

resolve litigation involving pre-Order

No. 636 gas purchase contracts,

pursuant to Sections 16.2(b) and (c) of

the General Terms and Conditions of

MRT’s Tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. 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. 98–20204 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2696–006]

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. LateFiled Request for Rehearing Rejected

July 23, 1998.

On May 29, 1998, the Commission

issued an order accepting the surrender

of a license for the Stuyvesant Falls

Hydroelectric Project No. 2696 from

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.1

On July 1, 1998, New York Rivers

United filed a request for rehearing of

the Commission’s order, and of the

Final Environmental Assessment (EA)

issued in connection with the surrender

order.2

Section 313(a) of the Federal Power

Act requires an aggrieved party to file its

request for rehearing within 30 days

after issuance of a Commission order.3

In this instance, the deadline for filing

a request for rehearing was June 29,

1998. Because the rehearing deadline is

statutorily based, and New York Rivers

United did not file its request within the

statutorily prescribed period, its request

for rehearing must be rejected. The Final

EA was attached to, and issued with, the

order. The fact that a Notice of

Availability of the Final EA was issued

on June 1, 1998, does not extend the

statutory deadline for requesting

rehearing of the order.

This notice constitutes final agency

action. Requests for rehearing of this

notice may be filed within 30 days of

the date of issuance of this notice,

pursuant to Rule 713 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure.4

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20202 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–672–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 23, 1998.

Take notice that on July 16, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston,

Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP98–

672–000 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

certain facilities in Howard County,

Arkansas, under NGT’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

384–000 and CP82–384–001 pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as
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more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Specifically, NGT proposes to install

a 6-inch tap on its Line AC in Pike

County and construct approximately

16.7 miles of 6-inch pipe (Line ACT–5)

to deliver additional gas to an existing

customer in Howard County. NGT states

that it will install this tap, Line ACT–

5, a 6-inch meter station and four 2-inch

first-cut regulators to provide an

incremental delivery of 3,000 Dth to

James Hardie Gypsum, Inc. (Hardie

Gypsum). NGT estimates the peak day

and annual deliverability of gas through

these facilities to be 8,000 Dth and 2.9

million Dth, respectively. The estimated

cost of the facilities to be installed is

approximately $2.2 million.

NGT states that in lieu of

reimbursement to NGT, Hardie Gypsum

has executed a transportation agreement

with initial contract demand of 3,000

Dth per day and a primary term

extending through December 31, 2010.

NGT states that it currently delivers

5,000 Dth to Hardie Gypsum through

Line AM–165, but will file to abandon

and relocate that point to Line ACT–5

upon completion of Hardie Gypsum’s

plant expansion.

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. 98–20198 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–601–001]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Amendment

July 23, 1998.

Take notice that on July 15, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84108, filed in Docket No.

CP98–601–001 an amendment to the

pending request filed on June 9, 1998,

in Docket No. CP98–601–000, to reflect

changes in the facilities originally

proposed and other related aspects of

the project, under Northwest’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

433–000 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.

Northwest proposed in its original

request to construct and operate

approximately 2.8 miles of 6-inch loop

line on its Moscow Lateral in Whitman

County, Washington and to upgrade its

Moscow Meter Station in Latah County,

Idaho to better accommodate existing

firm service delivery obligations to the

Washington Water Power Company

(Water Power).

Northwest states that as originally

proposed, the new 6-inch loop line on

the Moscow Lateral would commence at

a new 6-inch tap on the existing 12-inch

Lewiston Lateral, adjacent to the

existing 4-inch Moscow Lateral tap and

terminate at milepost 2.8 on the

Moscow Lateral with a tie-in valve

installed at the terminus of the loop

line.

Northwest states that because the

landowner has expressed concern

regarding its proposal to locate the site

for the tie-in valve in the middle of a

field he uses for agricultural purposes,

Northwest has redesigned the loop line

and with the approval of the landowner

proposes to install the tie-in valve at a

site near the edge of the landowner’s

property. Northwest states that the

proposed loop line will now terminate

at milepost 2.39 on the Moscow Lateral

and will be approximately 2,221 feet

shorter in length than the loop line as

originally proposed.

Northwest states that as a result of the

proposed change, the maximum design

capacity of the Moscow Lateral and loop

line will increase from approximately

8,300 Dth per day to approximately

9,500 Dth per day. Northwest states that

even though the proposed maximum

design capacity has decreased by

approximately 300 Dth per day from its

original proposal, Northwest believes

that the Moscow Lateral and proposed

loop line will still have sufficient

capacity to meet Water Power’s

projected market growth downstream of

the Moscow Meter Station through the

year 2001.

Northwest states that it had originally

proposed to use temporary work space

at four locations along the 75-foot wide

Moscow Lateral right-of-way, but will

now only need temporary work space at

three locations.

Northwest states the estimated cost of

constructing the loop line and the

Moscow Meter Station will decrease

from approximately $1,634,617 to

approximately $1,484,617.

Northwest states that all other

pertinent information as stated in its

original prior notice request filed in

Docket No. CP98–601–000 remain

accurate as previously filed.

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. 98–20197 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP93–5–030 and RP93–96–

010]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Refund Report

July 23, 1998.

Take notice that on July 17, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation,

(Northwest) tendered for filing a

corrected refund report to replace in its

entirety the refund report filed on June

29, 1998 in the above-referenced

dockets.