[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1658]


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[Federal Register: January 27, 1994]


[Docket No. MG91-1-003]

 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.; Petition for Waiver of 
Regulations

January 21, 1994.
    Take notice that on December 17, 1993, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) for a waiver of certain of the requirements of 
Order Nos. 497 et al.\1\
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    \1\Order No. 497, 53 FR 22139 (June 14, 1988), III FERC Stats. & 
Regs. 30,820 (1988); Order No. 497-A, order on rehearing, 54 FR 
52781 (December 22, 1989), III FERC Stats. & Regs. 30,868 (1989); 
Order No. 497-B, order on extending sunset date, 55 FR 53291 
(December 28, 1990), III FERC Stats. & Regs. 30,908 (1990); Order 
No. 497-C, order extending sunset date, 57 FR 9 (January 2, 1992); 
III FERC Stats. & Regs. 30,934 (1991), rehearing denied, 57 FR 5815 
(February 18, 1992), 58 FERC 61,139 (1992); Tenneco Gas v. FERC 
(affirmed in part and remanded in part), 969 F. 2d 1187 (D.C. Cir. 
1992), Order No. 497-D, order on remand and extending sunset date, 
III FERC Stats. & Regs. Preambles 30,958 (December 4, 1992), 57 FR 
58978 (December 14, 1992); Order No. 497-E, order on rehearing and 
extending sunset date, 59 FR 243 (January 4, 1994), 65 FERC 61,381 
(December 23, 1993).
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    National requests that the Commission waive the requirements of 
Order Nos. 497 et al. with respect to National's relationship with 
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (Distribution), an 
affiliated local distribution company. National claims that since its 
restructuring plan became effective on August 1, 1993, Distribution is 
no longer a sales customer of National. Distribution, which is 
National's largest single transportation customer, can make off-system 
sales without triggering the marketing affiliate rules, so long as the 
gas sold is not transported on National's pipeline system. National 
requests that the Commission allow Distribution to move gas through 
National's facilities to a newly created Hug, without triggering the 
requirements of Order Nos. 497 et al.
    National further states that copies of this filing were served upon 
its jurisdictional customers and the Regulatory Commissions of the 
states of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, and 
New Jersey.
    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, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC, 
20426, in accordance with Rules 211 or 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214). All such motions to 
intervene or protest should be filed on or before February 4, 1994. 
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1658 Filed 1-26-94; 8:45 am]
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