11940 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 

1Petitioners are NorthWestern Corporation, and 

Mountain States Transmission Intertie, LLC. 

separately labeled DVD/CD and 

included with the paper material 

‘‘under seal.’’ 

Failure to comply with these 

guidelines may result in a document not 

being considered ‘‘filed’’ until issues 

pertaining to document security are 

resolved with the submitter. 

In addition to security concerns, 

persons submitting information on 

DVD/CD must observe the following 

restrictions: 

1. The acceptable file formats for 

information on DVD/CD are included in 

the Submission Guidelines posted at: 

http://www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide/user-guide.pdf. 

2. The file size limit is 50 Mb per file. 

Submit maps in individual files if 

necessary to comply with this limit. 

3. The file name, including the 

extension, cannot exceed 60 characters. 

It is important that such restrictions be 

strictly followed, as a failure to comply 

could prohibit the Commission’s access 

to the contents of that submission. 

Accordingly, the Commission reserves 

the right to not accept such 

submissions. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–29–000; Docket No. 

EL09–30–000] 

NorthWestern Corporation; Mountain 

States Transmission Intertie, LLC; 

NorthWestern Corporation; PostTechnical Conference Notice 

March 13, 2009. 

The Commission Staff convened an 

informal technical conference in the 

above-referenced proceedings on 

Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 1 p.m. 

(EDT), at the offices of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Notice of the technical conference was 

issued on February 25, 2009, and a 

supplemental notice of technical 

conference was issued on March 5, 

2009. 

Post-technical conference information 

and comments will be filed as follows. 

Petitioners 1 will make a filing on or 

before March 27, 2009 supplementing 

the Petitions for Declaratory Order in 

the referenced proceedings addressing 

the topics and questions discussed at 

the conference. Thereafter, interested 

persons, regardless of whether they 

attended the technical conference, may 

file comments to respond to the 

Petitioners’ supplemental filing on or 

before April 14, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–69–000] 

Viking Gas Transmission Company; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

March 12, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 26, 2009, 

Viking Gas Transmission Company 

(Viking), 100 West 5th Street, Tulsa, 

Oklahoma 74103, filed a prior notice 

request pursuant to part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Viking’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–414, for authorization to 

construct, own, and operate an 

expansion to an existing lateral 

terminating at the Fargo, North Dakota 

city gate (Fargo Lateral) and to abandon 

the existing Fargo Lateral pipeline 

facilities that are to be replaced, all as 

more fully set forth in the application, 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. The 

filing may also be viewed on the Web 

at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Specifically, Viking proposes to 

expand its Fargo Lateral pipeline 

facilities by constructing and operating, 

in two segments, approximately 9.98 

miles of a 12-inch diameter natural gas 

pipeline to replace 9.98 miles of 8-inch 

diameter natural gas pipeline to be 

abandoned in place, all in Clay County, 

Minnesota and Cass County, North 

Dakota. Viking states that, when fully 

operational, the new pipeline facilities 

will be capable of transporting up to 

91,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of 

natural gas from the existing Viking 

mainline pipeline to the existing Fargo, 

Dilworth, and Moorhead interconnects. 

Viking asserts that the existing Fargo 

Lateral facilities are capable of 

transporting only 53,332 Dth/d. Viking 

states that, as a part of the subject 

project, it proposes the abandonment in 

place of certain pipeline and auxiliary 

facilities on its Fargo Lateral, which 

include approximately 9.98 miles of 8- 

inch pipeline, as well as short segments 

of aboveground pipeline that connect 

directly to tie-in valves which are also 

to be replaced. Viking states that it has 

entered into a precedent agreement with 

Northern States Power Company, a 

Minnesota corporation (NSP–MN), 

which provides for a minimum firm 

transportation capacity of 37,688 Dth/d. 

Viking asserts that the estimated cost of 

the proposed project is $14.6 million. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to 

Brenda Storbeck, General Manager, 

Rates & Regulatory Affairs, ONEOK 

Partners GP, L.L.C., ONEOK Plaza, 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, at (918) 588– 

7707. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the 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. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for 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. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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