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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. Answers to the complaint

shall also be due on or before December

27, 2001. Copies of this filing are on file

with the Commission and are available

for public inspection. This filing may

also be viewed on the Web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link,

select ‘‘Docket#’’ and follow the

instructions (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments, protests and

interventions may be filed electronically

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s Web

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31230 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER02–26–000 and ER02–271–

000]

Pleasants Energy, LLC; Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 13, 2001.

Pleasants Energy, LLC (Pleasants

Energy), an indirect wholly-owned

subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc.

filed with the Commission, in the

above-docketed proceeding, a proposed

market-based rate tariff under which

Pleasants Energy will engage in the sales

of capacity, energy, and/or ancillary

services and the resale of transmission

rights. Pleasants Energy also requested

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, Pleasants Energy requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by Pleasants

Energy. On December 6, 2001, the

Commission issued an order that

accepted the tariff for sales of capacity

and energy at market-based rates

(Order), in the above-docketed

proceeding.

The Commission’s December 6, 2001

Order granted Pleasants Energy’s

request for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the conditions found in

Appendix A in Ordering Paragraphs (2),

(3), and (5):

(2) Within 30 days of the date of this

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the Commission’s blanket

approval of issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities by Pleasants

Energy should file a motion to intervene

or protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s rules of practice and

procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.

(3) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (2) above, Pleasants Energy is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

Pleasants Energy, compatible with the

public interest, and reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

(5) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Pleasants Energy’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liabilities.

...

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is January

7, 2002.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the on the Web at

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket#’’ and follow the

instructions (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments, protests and

interventions may be filed electronically

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31231 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP02–36–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Application

December 13, 2001.

Take notice that on November 30,

2001, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box

5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–

5601, filed in Docket No. CP02–36–000

an Abbreviated Application pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of

the Commission’s Regulations for an

order authorizing Williston Basin to

abandon the transportation of natural

gas volumes for Shell Western E&P, Inc.

(Shell) pursuant to Rate Schedule T–5

and authorizing Williston Basin to

abandon Rate Schedule T–5 of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.

1 (Tariff), in its entirety, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection. The application

may be viewed on the web at

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance.

Williston Basin states that the Rate

Schedule T–5 Service Agreement with

Shell expires by the terms of the

agreement on December 1, 2001 and no

service has been provided to Shell

pursuant to this Service Agreement

since March 1998. Williston Basin also

states that pursuant to Docket No.

CP85–534–000, Rate Schedule T–5 was

available only to six specific producers.

Williston Basin has previously filed for

and received authorization, pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the NGA, to abandon

service to the other five specific

producers. With the termination of the

Service Agreement with Shell on

December 1, 2001, service under Rate

Schedule T–5 will no longer be

available to any party and Williston

Basin has no further need for Rate

Schedule T–5.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should 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 such

motions to intervene or protests should

be filed on or before January 3, 2002. 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31229 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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