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[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20811-20812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11425]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP87-39-004]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Amendment

May 2, 1996.
    Take notice that on April 29, 1996, Granite State Gas Transmission, 
Inc. (Granite State), 300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, Massachusetts 
01581, filed an application with the Commission, pursuant to Section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations, requesting an extension of its limited-term certificate to 
operate an interstate pipeline facility leased from Portland Pipe Line 
Corporation (Portland) from March 31, 1997 to April 30, 1998, with 
pregranted abandonment as of the latter date, consistent with a 
recently negotiated agreement between Granite State and Portland to 
extend the lease of the pipeline facility, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    According to Granite State, it has leased from Portland an 18-inch 
pipeline extending approximately 166 miles from a connection with its 
pipeline near Portland, Maine, to the U.S.-Canadian border in the 
Township of North Troy, Vermont, opposite Highwater, Quebec. The 
pipeline was originally built and operated as a crude oil pipeline; 
Granite State converted the pipeline for natural gas service in 1987 
and currently operates the pipeline pursuant to an amended lease with 
Portland and a limited-term certificate issued by the Commission 
expiring March 31, 1997 (69 FERC para. 61,186). Granite State further 
says that it has negotiated an agreement with Portland to extend the 
lease for 13 months, from March 31, 1997 to April 30, 1998. According 
to Granite State, no new facilities are required in connection with the 
extension of the limited-term certificate, and no new services 
utilizing the leased pipeline are proposed.
    Granite State further requests that, in extending the limited-term 
certificate, the Commission confirm the ruling it has previously made 
that the leasing arrangement will not subject Portland to jurisdiction 
under the Natural Gas Act and that the revenues received by Portland 
under the lease will not be considered in determining its rates for oil 
transportation service.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 23, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 on the request for a 
permanent certificate but will not serve to make the protestants 
parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party to the 
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 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 
the application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
requested 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 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 Granite State to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-11425 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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