Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 15, 1995 / Notices 8649

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rule 211 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

Section 385.211). All such protests

should be filed before February 16,

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. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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[Docket Nos. RP89–224–000, RP89–203–

000, RP90–139–000, RP91–69–000, RP92–

134–000, RP93–15–000, RP94–67–000, et al.,

and CP71–273–000]

Southern Natural Gas Co.; Notice of

Informal Settlement Conference

February 9, 1995.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in these proceedings on February 16,

1995, at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

810 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC,

for the purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

dockets.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact Betsy R. Carr at (202) 208–1240

or Neil L. Levy at (202) 208–5705.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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[Docket No. CP95–194–000]

Northern Border Pipeline Co.; Notice of

Application

February 9, 1995.

Take notice that on February 2, 1995,

Northern Border Pipeline Company

(Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd

Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in

Docket No. CP95–194–000, an

application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing the construction and

operation of certain pipeline and

compression facilities for the expansion

and extension of Northern Border’s

system to transport gas on a firm basis

on behalf of eleven shippers, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Specifically, Northern Border requests

authority to construct and operate

facilities consisting of: (1)

Approximately 218 miles of 30-inch

pipeline extending from the terminus of

Northern Border’s existing pipeline at

Harper, Iowa to Manhattan, Illinois; (2)

45 miles of 24-inch pipeline from the

end of the proposed 30-inch pipeline to

a point of interconnection with

Crossroads Pipeline Company near

Griffith, Indiana; (3) four new 20,000

horsepower (HP) compressor stations on

the existing 42-inch pipeline in North

Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota;

(4) one new 6,000 HP compressor

station on the existing 30-inch pipeline

in Iowa; (5) one new compressor on the

proposed 30-inch pipeline extension in

Iowa, consisting of two 2,650 HP units;

(6) seven meter stations at seven new

delivery points; and (7) other

appurtenant facilities. In addition,

Northern Border proposes to install

interconnection facilities (tees and side

valves) along the proposed extension in

close proximity to other pipeline

systems. Northern Border states that the

estimated cost of the proposed facilities

is $370.3 million and will be project

financed. The proposed in-service date

of the facilities is November 1, 1997.

Northern Border proposes to maintain

its cost of service ratemaking

methodology and roll-in to Rate

Schedule T–1, (Northern Border’s Part

284 firm transportation rate schedule)

the cost of the new facilities with its

existing system costs. Northern Border

maintains that the aggregation of the

proposed costs with existing facility

costs will result in a unit cost under

Rate Schedule T–1 rate that is less than

the present unit cost. Northern Border

also requests a one-time waiver of

Subsection 4.83 of Rate Schedule T–1 in

Northern Border’s FERC Gas Tariff, First

Revised Volume No. 1, which details

the calculation of an average monthly

rate base. Instead of calculating the

average monthly rate base using the

beginning and end of month balances as

is currently in the tariff, Northern

Border seeks to use a daily weighted

average balance for the in-service month

of the proposed facilities.

Northern Border states that it held an

open season between October 24, 1994

and November 18, 1994 for the

proposed capacity expansion and

system extension. Northern Border

asserts that the open season resulted in

eleven qualified shippers. Based on the

accepted bids, 212,500 Mcf per day will

be received into Northern Border’s

system at Port of Morgan, Montana. Of

this total, 10,000 Mcf per day will be

delivered upstream of Ventura, Iowa

and 40,000 Mcf per day will be

delivered at Ventura, Iowa. At Ventura,

Iowa, Northern Border will receive

100,000 Mcf per day and transport a

total of 262,500 Mcf per day for delivery

at various points downstream.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before March

2, 1995, 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 Regulation

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

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

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 a grant of the

certificate is 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 Northern Border to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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