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Tom Green Counties, Texas, and certain

services rendered thereby. Northern also

requests permission and approval to

abandon in place the Irion Co. #3 lateral

located in Irion County, all as more fully

set forth in the application which is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Northern proposes to convey to

Conoco approximately 63 miles of

pipeline with diameters ranging

between 6 and 8 inches. Northern states

that the subject facilities were

authorized as gas supply facilities

pursuant to budget-type certificate

authority granted in Docket Nos. CP79–

2, CP80–148, and CP80–546. Northern

contends that the subject facilities are

currently under-utilized by Northern’s

shippers, since its shippers have

generally elected to source their markets

from other gas supply receipt points on

Northern’s pipeline system. Northern

also notes that the production attached

to the subject facilities is split

connected and has not flowed into the

system during the past 12 months or

longer. Northern states that the Tejas

facilities have an estimated capacity of

17,000 Mcf per day (with utilization on

a total annual average basis of less than

1,650 Mcf per day of throughput).

Currently, Northern states that there are

no shippers which hold firm capacity

on the Tejas facilities and only one

interruptible shipper which transports

gas on the subject facilities. Northern

notes that the Champlin facilities have

an estimated capacity of 14,000 Mcf per

day and there are no shippers which

hold firm capacity nor has there been

any transportation service provided on

these facilities during the past 12

months or longer. Northern asserts that

Conoco will be filing a Petition for a

Declaratory Order seeking a

determination that the subject facilities

are gathering facilities exempt from the

Commission’s jurisdiction under

Section 1(b). Northern notes that the

facilities will be conveyed for a

purchase price of $1,475,000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make a protest with reference to said

application should, on or before August

4, 1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 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.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission is filed within the time

required herein, if the Commission on

its own review of the matter finds that

permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion 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 Applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19184 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–656–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

July 14, 1998.

Take notice that on July 6, 1998,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84108, filed in Docket No.

CP98–656–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205, 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.216) for authorization to modify

approval previously received in Docket

No. CP97–657–000 to abandon its

Issaquah Lateral line, located in King

County, Washington, by sale to Puget

Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget), 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 now proposes to abandon

the first 407 feet of the 6-inch Issaquah

Lateral line by removal, and to abandon

the remaining approximately 1.3 mile

segment of the lateral by sale to Puget.

Northwest states that the pipeline and

appurtenances that are removed from

the lateral will be scrapped, and that the

remaining portion of the lateral will be

capped and transferred to Puget.

Northwest states that the estimated

cost of removing the 407-foot section of

the Issaquah Lateral and appurtenant

facilities is estimated to be

approximately $5,750, and that the

remaining 1.3 miles of the lateral will be

sold in place to Puget for $77,005, the

approximate net book value.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19185 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–131–007, GT98–23–001

and RP98–184–001]

Overthrust Pipeline Company; Notice

of Tariff Filing

July 14, 1998.

Take notice that on July 10, 1998,

Overthrust Pipeline Company tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 1–A the

following revised tariff sheets, to be

effective as shown below: