65320 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 19, 1995 / Notices

1The percentage of gas purchased and

transported by Natural varies according to the time

of the year and the year in question. Natural’s

purchase obligation is subject to a cap of the

applicable percentage applied to 15,000 Mcf of gas

per day.

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30718 Filed 12–18–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP96–100–000]

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America, Mississippi River

Transmission Corporation; Notice of

Application

December 13, 1995.

Take notice that on December 8, 1995,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street,

Lombard, Illinois 60148, and

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT), 9900 Clayton Road,

St. Louis, Missouri 63124, filed in

Docket No. CP96–100–000, pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA), as amended, and Section 157.7

and 157.18 of the Commission’s

Regulations thereunder, a joint

application requesting permission and

approval for abandonment, effective

January 1, 1996, a sale/purchase/

exchange service performed under

Natural’s Rate Schedule X–57 and

MRT’s Rate Schedule X–13 authorized

in Natural’s Docket No. CP75–224, as

amended, and MRT’s Docket No. CP75–

226, as amended, all as more fully set

forth in the application on file with the

Commission.

Natural and MRT state that they are

parties to a gas exchange agreement and

sales agreement dated December 23,

1974, as amended (Agreement), which

became Natural’s Rate Schedule X–57

and MRT’s Rate Schedule X–13. It is

also stated that pursuant to the

agreement, as amended, Natural: 1)

received in Wheeler County, Texas

MRT’s reserves on a firm basis up to

15,000 Mcf of natural gas per day which

MRT purchases in the Mills Ranch Field

in Wheeler County, Texas and 2)

redeliver to MRT in Clinton County,

Illinois, Randolph County, Arkansas

and Harrison County, Texas, eighty nine

percent (89%) of the volumes delivered

by MRT to Natural commencing April 1

each year and forty three percent (43%)

of the volumes delivered by MRT to

Natural during the six (6) months

commencing October 1 each year.

Natural and MRT further state that MRT

sold and Natural purchased the

remainder of the volumes received from

MRT.1

Natural and MRT state that by a letter

agreement dated October 27, 1995, they

agreed to terminate the Agreement, as

amended, effective January 1, 1996.

Therefore, by the present joint

application, Natural and MRT request

authority to abandon, effective January

1, 1996, the sale/purchase/exchange

service performed under the Agreement,

as amended, and Natural’s Rate

Schedule X–57 and MRT’s Rate

Schedule X–13 authorized in Natural’s

Docket No. CP75–224, as amended, and

MRT’s Docket No. 75–226, as amended.

Natural and MRT state that no

facilities are proposed to be abandoned.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

3, 1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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 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 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 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 Natural or MRT to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30714 Filed 12–18–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. ER96–501–000]

Ohio Power Company; Notice of Filing

December 13, 1995.

Take notice that on December 1, 1995,

the American Electric Power Service

Corporation (ARPSC), on behalf of Ohio

Power Company (OPCO), tendered for

filing as an initial rate schedule, a

Power Supply Agreement between

OPCO and Cleveland Public Power

(CPP).

The Power Supply Agreement

provides CP up to 50 MW of limited

term power for 5 years.

Copies of the filing were served upon

CPP, Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company, and the Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

December 28, 1995. 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 proceeding.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30717 Filed 12–18–95; 8:45 am]

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Office of Energy Research

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program Notice 96–03: Computational

Structural Biology

AGENCY: Office of Energy Research,

Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Health and

Environmental Research (OHER) of the

Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE), supports a

comprehensive research program in the