27062 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 105 / Thursday, May 30, 1996 / Notices

[Docket No. RP96–208–001]

Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of

Compliance Filing

May 23, 1996.

Take notice that on May 20, 1996,

Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline)

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1,

the following tariff sheet, to be effective

May 11, 1996.

Sub 1st Rev Original Sheet No. 56E

Trunkline asserts that the purpose of

this filing is to comply with the

Commission’s order issued May 10,

1996 in Docket No. RP96–208–000, 75

FERC ¶ 61,147 (1996).

Trunkline states that this filing is to

clarify Trunkline’s tariff to permit intraday nominations by firm shippers to

bump scheduled and flowing quantities

of gas related to hourly changes in QNIT

nominations.

Trunkline states that a copy of this

filing are being served on all affected

customers, applicable state regulatory

agencies and all parties to this

proceeding.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. 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 in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13491 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–528–000]

Universal Resources Corporation;

Notice of Petition

May 23, 1996.

Take notice that on May 17, 1996,

Universal Resources Corporation (URC),

79 State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

84147, filed in Docket No. CP96–528–

000 a petition pursuant to Sections 7(b)

and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for

exemption of temporary acts and

operations to test the feasibility of

converting an existing production field

to a storage field, and requests, if

permission is needed to perform these

acts and operations, pregranted

abandonment authorization, all as more

fully set forth in the petition which is

on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

URC states that it is a natural gas

producer and the parent of Questar

Energy Trading (QET), a company that

markets URC’s production, as well as

the production of others. It is indicated

that URC is a wholly-owned subsidiary

of Questar Corporation. URC indicates

that it is the operator of the Clear Creek

oil and gas field, in Uintah County,

Wyoming. URC states that it owns

nearly all of the production rights in the

field. URC states that the 15 wells

drilled in the field have been shut in

since 1994 because production of oil

and gas is no longer economic. It is

indicated that the production in the

field was delivered into the facilities of

either Questar Pipeline Company or

Northwest Pipeline Corporation, and

that the interconnecting facilities are

still in place. It is stated that available

geological data indicate that the field

has the potential to operate as an

economical storage facility and that

some producible gas reserves may

remain in as yet undeveloped gas cap.

URC states that it desires to test the

Clear Creek Field for two purposes: (1)

to determine whether there remains a

gas cap with sufficient reserves to justify

further drilling and production, and (2)

to determine whether the Clear Creek

field could be converted to an

economically viable storage field. It is

stated that, by conducting a 60-to-90 day

pressure test, after installation of a

rented 1,000 horsepower compressor

and associated concrete pad, URC

believes that it can answer both

questions.

URC states that it currently

anticipates that if the tests show that the

Clear Creek field should be developed

as a storage facility subject to the

Natural Gas Act (NGA), URC or its

subsidiary, QET, would apply for a

certificate under Section 7(c) of the

NGA. URC further anticipates that

pipeline construction would be

undertaken to connect the field to

additional pipelines in the area and

URC or QET would operate Clear Creek

as a private storage field to support

QET’s natural gas marketing operations.

URC indicates that, inasmuch as

testing is needed to perform an

obviously non-jurisdictional production

purpose—testing for the gas cap—and

since the field may never be converted

to storage, it is not clear that any

Commission authorization is needed for

the test. It is stated, because natural gas

for the test will be received from

Questar, an interstate pipeline, and

redelivered to the same interstate

pipeline, URC has filed the petition out

of an abundance of caution.

URC states that, as part of the test, it

will install and operate a compressor

and related piping in order to inject gas

into the field; monitor pressures in, and

flows into and from the reservoir; and

receive gas from an interstate pipeline

and inject the gas into the reservoir; and

redeliver natural gas used in the test in

interstate commerce. It is indicated that

it will receive the gas from Questar from

an existing tap and gathering lines now

used to connect the field into Questar’s

system. It is also indicated that URC and

Questar will reverse the historic

direction of gas flow to permit gas to be

delivered for testing purposes. URC

states that it will inject approximately

225,000 Mcf through an existing well for

around 30 days at approximately 4,000

psi. URC also states that, following

injection URC will monitor pressures

and flows of gas out of the injection well

for another 30 days. It is indicated that

the pressure and flow rates will provide

information necessary to determine both

the nature of the gas cap and the

potential for developing a viable storage

field. URC states that it will conduct the

tests in compliance with the

environmental requirements of the

Commission’s blanket certificate

regulations, as set forth in Section

157.206(d) of the Commission’s

regulations and any requirements

imposed upon it by the Bureau of Land

Management.

URC states that it believes that an

exemption for temporary acts and

operations pursuant to Natural Gas Act

Section 7(c)(1)(B) would apply to all

necessary authorizations. However, URC

requests pregranted abandonment

authorization in the event the

Commission does not exempt the abovedescribed actions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

petition should on or before June 13,

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.
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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

petition 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 interview 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 URC to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13492 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–241–000]

Viking Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

May 23, 1996.

Take notice that on May 21, 1996,

Viking Gas Transmission Company

(Viking) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, the following revised tariff sheets,

proposed to be effective June 1, 1996:

Second Revised Sheet Nos. 13–15

Second Revised Sheet Nos. 19–20

Second Revised Sheet Nos. 23–25

Second Revised Sheet Nos. 28–30

Third Revised Sheet Nos. 39

Fourth Revised Sheet Nos. 62

Third Revised Sheet Nos. 63 and 64

Viking states that the purpose of this

filing is to modify Viking’s existing

policies on the construction of laterals,

taps and metering facilities to provide

new or additional service to its

customers. Viking’s current policies

provide that Viking will provide laterals

and customer delivery facilities only if

the customer reimburses Viking for one

hundred percent of the new facilities

costs prior to the commencement of

construction.

Viking states that it is proposing to

amend this policy to create a menu of

payment options that can be used

separately or collectively to provide for

payment of the new facilities’ costs.

Under Viking’s proposal, customers

would have the additional options of

reimbursing Viking by: (1) paying a

separately stated firm reservation charge

that is designed to recover the cost of

the new facilities; or (2) subscribing for

a new or additional amount of mainline

firm capacity sufficient to provide an

incremental revenue stream with a

present discounted value equal to or

greater than the new facilities; costs.

Viking states that copies of the filing

have been mailed to all of its

jurisdictional customers and to affected

state regulatory commissions.

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, DC

20426, in accordance with rules 211 and

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. All such

motions or protests must be filed as

provided in Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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. 96–13493 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–527–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

May 23, 1996.

Take notice that on May 20, 1996,

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), Suite 300,

200 North Third Street, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP96–

527–000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to utilize two

existing taps under Williston Basin’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–1–000 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.

Williston Basin proposes to utilize

two existing taps to effectuate natural

gas transportation deliveries to

Montana-Dakota Utilities Company

(Montana-Dakota), a local distribution

company, for ultimate use by additional

residential customers in Richland

County, Montana and Big Horn County,

Wyoming.

Williston Basin estimates that the

additional volumes to be delivered to

the existing Richland County, Montana

and Big Horn County, Wyoming taps to

be 150 Mcf per year and 100 Mcf per

year, respectively.

Williston Basin states that it plans to

provide the proposed deliveries to

Montana-Dakota under Rate Schedule

FT–1 of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, and that the

volumes to be delivered are within the

contractual entitlements of the

customer.

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13494 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. ER96–1033–000, et al.]

Florida Power & Light Company, et al.;

Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation

Filings

May 22, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Florida Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER96–1033–000]

Take notice that on May 10, 1996,

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL)

filed Supplement No. 1 to Contract for

Purchases and Sales of Power and

Energy between FPL and Eastex Power

Marketing, Inc. FPL requests an effective

date of February 19, 1996.

Comment date: June 5, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.